煲電話粥

See also: 煲电话粥

Chinese

	pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat	telephone; phone; telephone call	congee; gruel; porridge
trad. (煲電話粥)	煲	電話	粥
simp. (煲电话粥)	煲	电话	粥
Literally: “to boil telephone congee”.

This compares the length of the telephone call to the time needed to cook a pot of congee.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāodiànhuàzhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baudiannhuahjou
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯a̠⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou¹ din⁶ waa^6-2 zuk¹
  - Yale: bōu dihn wá jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou¹ din⁶ waa^6-2 dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou¹ din⁶ wa² zug¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pou̯⁵⁵ tiːn²² waː²²⁻³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: pau (T1) + di hho tsoq (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /pɔ⁴⁴ d̻i²² ɦo⁵⁵ t͡sʊʔ²¹/

煲電話粥

(idiomatic) to talk for hours on the telephone
她媽媽總是跟她煲電話粥。 [MSC, trad.]
她妈妈总是跟她煲电话粥。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā māmā zǒngshì gēn tā bāodiànhuàzhōu. [Pinyin]
Her mom always keeps her talking on the phone for hours.

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