士啤呔

Chinese

		spare; spare part	tyre
simp. and trad. (士啤呔)		士啤	呔
variant forms		士啤軚

Etymology

Borrowed from English spare tyre.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ be¹ taai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ be¹ taai¹
  - Yale: sih bē tāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ be¹ taai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ bé¹ tai¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siː²² pɛː⁵⁵ tʰäːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

士啤呔

(Cantonese)

spare tyre (Classifier: 條／条)
(idiomatic) spare tyre; beer belly (Classifier: 條／条)
- 要應付士啤呔，是一個艱巨的任務；而放棄處理，會有嚴重後果，不只外觀上。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  要应付士啤呔，是一个艰巨的任务；而放弃处理，会有严重后果，不只外观上。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2016 February 24, 如何搣走士啤呔？, BK Milk 親子語
  Jiu³ jing³ fu⁶ si⁶ be¹ taai¹, si⁶ jat¹ go³ gaan¹ geoi⁶ dik¹ jam⁴ mou⁶; ji⁴ fong³ hei³ cyu² lei⁵, wui⁵ jau⁵ jim⁴ zung⁶ hau⁶ gwo², bat¹ zi² ngoi⁶ gun¹ soeng⁶. [Jyutping]
  Dealing with your spare tyre is a difficult task, yet if you give up on dealing with it, there will be serious consequences, not just with outward appearance.

Derived terms

士啤呔爆埋

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