亂過黎巴嫩
Chinese
[edit]| in confusion; disorderly | to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too- |
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| trad. (亂過黎巴嫩) | 亂 | 過 | 黎巴嫩 | |
| simp. (乱过黎巴嫩) | 乱 | 过 | 黎巴嫩 | |
| Literally: “more chaotic than Lebanon”. | ||||
Etymology
[edit]A pun on the last syllable of 黎巴嫩 (lai4 baa1 nyun6, “Lebanon”), which is a (near) homophone of 亂 / 乱 (lyun6, “messy; chaotic; disorderly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lyun6 gwo3 lai4 baa1 nyun6
- Yale: lyuhn gwo làih bā nyuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: lyn6 gwo3 lai4 baa1 nyn6
- Guangdong Romanization: lün6 guo3 lei4 ba1 nün6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lyːn²² kʷɔː³³ lɐi̯²¹ paː⁵⁵ nyːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]亂過黎巴嫩