請食蝦條

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do sth) to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	shrimp cracker; prawn cracker
trad. (請食蝦條)		請	食	蝦條
simp. (请食虾条)		请	食	虾条
Literally: “to invite to eat shrimp crackers”.

Etymology

Based on 呃蝦條／呃虾条 (ngaak¹ haa¹ tiu^4-2, “to fool a girl into having sex with one”, literally “to swindle shrimp crackers”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng² sik⁶ haa¹ tiu^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceng² sik⁶ haa¹ tiu^4-2
    • Yale: chéng sihk hā tíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tseng² sik⁹ haa¹ tiu^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: céng² xig⁶ ha¹ tiu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ³⁵ sɪk̚² haː⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

請⫽食蝦條 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to invite (someone) to have sex with one