"掹衫尾" meaning in Chinese

{
  "etymology_text": "In the past, children accompanied by adult might be excluded from fares in cinemas, some parks etc. For those who can't find their families, they could pull strangers' hum intending for entrance.",
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      "expansion": "掹衫尾",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to pull the tail of clothes",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This lazy man would have been fired if he did not depend on his father as a company executive!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "ni¹ go³ laan⁵ jan⁴ jyu⁴ gwo² m⁴ hai⁶ maang¹ gung¹ si¹ gou¹ cang⁴ ge³ baa¹⁻⁴ baa¹ saam¹ mei⁵, sat⁶ bei² jan⁴ caau² zo²!",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "text": "呢個懶人如果唔係掹公司高層嘅爸爸衫尾，實畀人炒咗！",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This lazy man would have been fired if he did not depend on his father as a company executive!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "ni¹ go³ laan⁵ jan⁴ jyu⁴ gwo² m⁴ hai⁶ maang¹ gung¹ si¹ gou¹ cang⁴ ge³ baa¹⁻⁴ baa¹ saam¹ mei⁵, sat⁶ bei² jan⁴ caau² zo²!",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "text": "呢个懒人如果唔系掹公司高层嘅爸爸衫尾，实畀人炒咗！",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "TV Asahi held a voting event for the \"Snacks General Election 2016\" earlier. 10,000 votes were collected online earlier to choose the favorite among 100 and several more snacks from 13 food factories. Hong Kong people basically like it. When it comes to Japanese snacks, about 6 or 7 of the top 10 are sold in Hong Kong. \"Hi-Chew\", which the reporter likes so much making teeth ache after eating, relied on the previous candies and entered the top 10!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2016 November 29, 日本民選十大「口立濕」 港人最愛果汁軟糖上榜 香港01",
          "roman": "jat⁶ muk⁶ ciu⁴ jat⁶ din⁶ si⁶ zou² cin⁴ geoi² hang⁴ liu⁵ “ling⁴ sik⁶ zung² syun² geoi² 2016” tau⁴ piu³ wut⁶ dung⁶, zou² cin⁴ zoi⁶ mong⁵ soeng⁶ sau¹ zaap⁶ liu⁵ 1 maan⁶ zoeng¹ syun² piu³, zoi⁶ 13 gaan¹ sik⁶ ban² cong² dik¹ baak³ do¹ fun² ling⁴ sik⁶ zung¹ syun² ceot¹ zeoi³ oi³, hoeng¹ gong² jan⁴ gei¹ bun² dou¹ han² hei² fun¹ hek³ jat⁶ bun² ling⁴ sik⁶, tau⁴ 10 wai⁶ jau⁵ 6, 7 fun² zo² jau⁶⁻² hoeng¹ gong² dou¹ jau⁵ maai⁶, gei³ ze² han² hei² fun¹ hek³ hek³ dou³ ngaa⁴ gaau³ tung³ dik¹ haai¹ zau¹ tong⁴, “mang³ saam¹ mei⁵” jap⁶ dou³ 10 daai⁶!",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "日木朝日電視早前舉行了《零食總選舉2016》投票活動，早前在網上收集了1萬張選票，在13間食品廠的百多款零食中選出最愛，香港人基本都很喜歡吃日本零食，頭10位有6、7款左右香港都有賣，記者很喜歡吃吃到牙骹痛的Hi-Chew糖，「掹衫尾」入到10大！",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "TV Asahi held a voting event for the \"Snacks General Election 2016\" earlier. 10,000 votes were collected online earlier to choose the favorite among 100 and several more snacks from 13 food factories. Hong Kong people basically like it. When it comes to Japanese snacks, about 6 or 7 of the top 10 are sold in Hong Kong. \"Hi-Chew\", which the reporter likes so much making teeth ache after eating, relied on the previous candies and entered the top 10!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2016 November 29, 日本民選十大「口立濕」 港人最愛果汁軟糖上榜 香港01",
          "roman": "jat⁶ muk⁶ ciu⁴ jat⁶ din⁶ si⁶ zou² cin⁴ geoi² hang⁴ liu⁵ “ling⁴ sik⁶ zung² syun² geoi² 2016” tau⁴ piu³ wut⁶ dung⁶, zou² cin⁴ zoi⁶ mong⁵ soeng⁶ sau¹ zaap⁶ liu⁵ 1 maan⁶ zoeng¹ syun² piu³, zoi⁶ 13 gaan¹ sik⁶ ban² cong² dik¹ baak³ do¹ fun² ling⁴ sik⁶ zung¹ syun² ceot¹ zeoi³ oi³, hoeng¹ gong² jan⁴ gei¹ bun² dou¹ han² hei² fun¹ hek³ jat⁶ bun² ling⁴ sik⁶, tau⁴ 10 wai⁶ jau⁵ 6, 7 fun² zo² jau⁶⁻² hoeng¹ gong² dou¹ jau⁵ maai⁶, gei³ ze² han² hei² fun¹ hek³ hek³ dou³ ngaa⁴ gaau³ tung³ dik¹ haai¹ zau¹ tong⁴, “mang³ saam¹ mei⁵” jap⁶ dou³ 10 daai⁶!",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "日木朝日电视早前举行了《零食总选举2016》投票活动，早前在网上收集了1万张选票，在13间食品厂的百多款零食中选出最爱，香港人基本都很喜欢吃日本零食，头10位有6、7款左右香港都有卖，记者很喜欢吃吃到牙骹痛的Hi-Chew糖，「掹衫尾」入到10大！",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2022 May 4, 上海仔犯聚開餐證據確鑿 黑幫竟有保護傘 拖近6周未落鑊",
          "roman": "taa¹ jau⁶ tau³ gwo³ kei⁴ gwo³ cung⁴ sam⁶ mat⁶ dik¹ teoi³ jau¹ gou¹ kap¹ ging² mou⁶ jan⁴ jyun⁴ cit³ haa⁶ “faan⁶ guk⁶”, “mang³ saam¹ mei⁵” jyu⁵ noi⁶ dei⁶ zyu³ gong² gung¹ on¹ gei¹ kau³ jan⁴ maa⁵ jat¹ zeoi⁶, “laai¹ daai⁶ kei⁴ zok³ fu² pei⁴”, kei⁵ tou⁴ ji⁵ wu⁴ gaa² fu² wai¹ tai³ zi⁶ gei² “sai² baak⁶”, mong⁵ soeng² dung¹ saan¹ zoi³ hei².",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "他又透過其過從甚密的退休高級警務人員設下「飯局」，「掹衫尾」與內地駐港公安機構人馬一聚，「拉大旗作虎皮」，企圖以狐假虎威替自己「洗白」，妄想東山再起。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2022 May 4, 上海仔犯聚開餐證據確鑿 黑幫竟有保護傘 拖近6周未落鑊",
          "roman": "taa¹ jau⁶ tau³ gwo³ kei⁴ gwo³ cung⁴ sam⁶ mat⁶ dik¹ teoi³ jau¹ gou¹ kap¹ ging² mou⁶ jan⁴ jyun⁴ cit³ haa⁶ “faan⁶ guk⁶”, “mang³ saam¹ mei⁵” jyu⁵ noi⁶ dei⁶ zyu³ gong² gung¹ on¹ gei¹ kau³ jan⁴ maa⁵ jat¹ zeoi⁶, “laai¹ daai⁶ kei⁴ zok³ fu² pei⁴”, kei⁵ tou⁴ ji⁵ wu⁴ gaa² fu² wai¹ tai³ zi⁶ gei² “sai² baak⁶”, mong⁵ soeng² dung¹ saan¹ zoi³ hei².",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "他又透过其过从甚密的退休高级警务人员设下「饭局」，「掹衫尾」与内地驻港公安机构人马一聚，「拉大旗作虎皮」，企图以狐假虎威替自己「洗白」，妄想东山再起。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be a crutch; to rely on; to be dependent on"
      ],
      "id": "en-掹衫尾-zh-phrase-uvxsB5k1",
      "links": [
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          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "crutch",
          "crutch"
        ],
        [
          "rely on",
          "rely on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese, humorous or derogatory) to be a crutch; to rely on; to be dependent on"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "derogatory",
        "humorous",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mang¹ saam¹ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "māng sāam méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mang¹ saam¹ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meng¹ sam¹ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐŋ⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐŋ⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "掹衫尾"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "In the past, children accompanied by adult might be excluded from fares in cinemas, some parks etc. For those who can't find their families, they could pull strangers' hum intending for entrance.",
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      "expansion": "掹衫尾",
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to pull the tail of clothes",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with quotations",
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples",
        "Chinese derogatory terms",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese humorous terms",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 尾",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 掹",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 衫",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Cantonese usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This lazy man would have been fired if he did not depend on his father as a company executive!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "ni¹ go³ laan⁵ jan⁴ jyu⁴ gwo² m⁴ hai⁶ maang¹ gung¹ si¹ gou¹ cang⁴ ge³ baa¹⁻⁴ baa¹ saam¹ mei⁵, sat⁶ bei² jan⁴ caau² zo²!",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "text": "呢個懶人如果唔係掹公司高層嘅爸爸衫尾，實畀人炒咗！",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This lazy man would have been fired if he did not depend on his father as a company executive!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "ni¹ go³ laan⁵ jan⁴ jyu⁴ gwo² m⁴ hai⁶ maang¹ gung¹ si¹ gou¹ cang⁴ ge³ baa¹⁻⁴ baa¹ saam¹ mei⁵, sat⁶ bei² jan⁴ caau² zo²!",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "text": "呢个懒人如果唔系掹公司高层嘅爸爸衫尾，实畀人炒咗！",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "TV Asahi held a voting event for the \"Snacks General Election 2016\" earlier. 10,000 votes were collected online earlier to choose the favorite among 100 and several more snacks from 13 food factories. Hong Kong people basically like it. When it comes to Japanese snacks, about 6 or 7 of the top 10 are sold in Hong Kong. \"Hi-Chew\", which the reporter likes so much making teeth ache after eating, relied on the previous candies and entered the top 10!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2016 November 29, 日本民選十大「口立濕」 港人最愛果汁軟糖上榜 香港01",
          "roman": "jat⁶ muk⁶ ciu⁴ jat⁶ din⁶ si⁶ zou² cin⁴ geoi² hang⁴ liu⁵ “ling⁴ sik⁶ zung² syun² geoi² 2016” tau⁴ piu³ wut⁶ dung⁶, zou² cin⁴ zoi⁶ mong⁵ soeng⁶ sau¹ zaap⁶ liu⁵ 1 maan⁶ zoeng¹ syun² piu³, zoi⁶ 13 gaan¹ sik⁶ ban² cong² dik¹ baak³ do¹ fun² ling⁴ sik⁶ zung¹ syun² ceot¹ zeoi³ oi³, hoeng¹ gong² jan⁴ gei¹ bun² dou¹ han² hei² fun¹ hek³ jat⁶ bun² ling⁴ sik⁶, tau⁴ 10 wai⁶ jau⁵ 6, 7 fun² zo² jau⁶⁻² hoeng¹ gong² dou¹ jau⁵ maai⁶, gei³ ze² han² hei² fun¹ hek³ hek³ dou³ ngaa⁴ gaau³ tung³ dik¹ haai¹ zau¹ tong⁴, “mang³ saam¹ mei⁵” jap⁶ dou³ 10 daai⁶!",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "日木朝日電視早前舉行了《零食總選舉2016》投票活動，早前在網上收集了1萬張選票，在13間食品廠的百多款零食中選出最愛，香港人基本都很喜歡吃日本零食，頭10位有6、7款左右香港都有賣，記者很喜歡吃吃到牙骹痛的Hi-Chew糖，「掹衫尾」入到10大！",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "TV Asahi held a voting event for the \"Snacks General Election 2016\" earlier. 10,000 votes were collected online earlier to choose the favorite among 100 and several more snacks from 13 food factories. Hong Kong people basically like it. When it comes to Japanese snacks, about 6 or 7 of the top 10 are sold in Hong Kong. \"Hi-Chew\", which the reporter likes so much making teeth ache after eating, relied on the previous candies and entered the top 10!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2016 November 29, 日本民選十大「口立濕」 港人最愛果汁軟糖上榜 香港01",
          "roman": "jat⁶ muk⁶ ciu⁴ jat⁶ din⁶ si⁶ zou² cin⁴ geoi² hang⁴ liu⁵ “ling⁴ sik⁶ zung² syun² geoi² 2016” tau⁴ piu³ wut⁶ dung⁶, zou² cin⁴ zoi⁶ mong⁵ soeng⁶ sau¹ zaap⁶ liu⁵ 1 maan⁶ zoeng¹ syun² piu³, zoi⁶ 13 gaan¹ sik⁶ ban² cong² dik¹ baak³ do¹ fun² ling⁴ sik⁶ zung¹ syun² ceot¹ zeoi³ oi³, hoeng¹ gong² jan⁴ gei¹ bun² dou¹ han² hei² fun¹ hek³ jat⁶ bun² ling⁴ sik⁶, tau⁴ 10 wai⁶ jau⁵ 6, 7 fun² zo² jau⁶⁻² hoeng¹ gong² dou¹ jau⁵ maai⁶, gei³ ze² han² hei² fun¹ hek³ hek³ dou³ ngaa⁴ gaau³ tung³ dik¹ haai¹ zau¹ tong⁴, “mang³ saam¹ mei⁵” jap⁶ dou³ 10 daai⁶!",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "日木朝日电视早前举行了《零食总选举2016》投票活动，早前在网上收集了1万张选票，在13间食品厂的百多款零食中选出最爱，香港人基本都很喜欢吃日本零食，头10位有6、7款左右香港都有卖，记者很喜欢吃吃到牙骹痛的Hi-Chew糖，「掹衫尾」入到10大！",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2022 May 4, 上海仔犯聚開餐證據確鑿 黑幫竟有保護傘 拖近6周未落鑊",
          "roman": "taa¹ jau⁶ tau³ gwo³ kei⁴ gwo³ cung⁴ sam⁶ mat⁶ dik¹ teoi³ jau¹ gou¹ kap¹ ging² mou⁶ jan⁴ jyun⁴ cit³ haa⁶ “faan⁶ guk⁶”, “mang³ saam¹ mei⁵” jyu⁵ noi⁶ dei⁶ zyu³ gong² gung¹ on¹ gei¹ kau³ jan⁴ maa⁵ jat¹ zeoi⁶, “laai¹ daai⁶ kei⁴ zok³ fu² pei⁴”, kei⁵ tou⁴ ji⁵ wu⁴ gaa² fu² wai¹ tai³ zi⁶ gei² “sai² baak⁶”, mong⁵ soeng² dung¹ saan¹ zoi³ hei².",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "他又透過其過從甚密的退休高級警務人員設下「飯局」，「掹衫尾」與內地駐港公安機構人馬一聚，「拉大旗作虎皮」，企圖以狐假虎威替自己「洗白」，妄想東山再起。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2022 May 4, 上海仔犯聚開餐證據確鑿 黑幫竟有保護傘 拖近6周未落鑊",
          "roman": "taa¹ jau⁶ tau³ gwo³ kei⁴ gwo³ cung⁴ sam⁶ mat⁶ dik¹ teoi³ jau¹ gou¹ kap¹ ging² mou⁶ jan⁴ jyun⁴ cit³ haa⁶ “faan⁶ guk⁶”, “mang³ saam¹ mei⁵” jyu⁵ noi⁶ dei⁶ zyu³ gong² gung¹ on¹ gei¹ kau³ jan⁴ maa⁵ jat¹ zeoi⁶, “laai¹ daai⁶ kei⁴ zok³ fu² pei⁴”, kei⁵ tou⁴ ji⁵ wu⁴ gaa² fu² wai¹ tai³ zi⁶ gei² “sai² baak⁶”, mong⁵ soeng² dung¹ saan¹ zoi³ hei².",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "他又透过其过从甚密的退休高级警务人员设下「饭局」，「掹衫尾」与内地驻港公安机构人马一聚，「拉大旗作虎皮」，企图以狐假虎威替自己「洗白」，妄想东山再起。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be a crutch; to rely on; to be dependent on"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "crutch",
          "crutch"
        ],
        [
          "rely on",
          "rely on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese, humorous or derogatory) to be a crutch; to rely on; to be dependent on"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "derogatory",
        "humorous",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mang¹ saam¹ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "māng sāam méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mang¹ saam¹ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meng¹ sam¹ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐŋ⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐŋ⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "掹衫尾"
}