甩肺

Chinese

		fling	lung
trad. (甩肺)		甩	肺
simp. ^#(甩肺)		甩	肺
Literally: “to drop one's lungs out”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): lat¹ fai³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lat¹ fai³
  - Yale: lāt fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lat⁷ fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: led¹ fei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯³³/

Verb

甩肺

Used (usually with 到) after a verb or adjective to describe its severity or intensity.
咳到甩肺 [Cantonese] ― kat¹ dou³ lat¹ fai³ [Jyutping] ― to cough badly (literally, “to cough one's lungs out”)

凍到甩肺／冻到甩肺 [Cantonese] ― dung³ dou³ lat¹ fai³ [Jyutping] ― extremely cold

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