柴可夫 (caai4 ho2 fu1 | ) : chauffeur

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柴可夫

caai4 ho2 fu1

[1] [粵] chauffeur
[2] (Anton) Chekhov

The name of famous Russian composer Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) is commonly transliterated as 柴可夫斯基 in Chinese. The last two syllables 斯基 is pronounced same as 司機 (a chauffeur) in Cantonese. So the Cantonese wittily use the first three syllables 柴可夫 to mean a chauffeur.

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柴可夫

This word has been viewed 2185 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 29th Nov 2005 19:38 and last edited on 12th Dec 2008 14:05

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柴 caai4 - firewood; faggot
可 ho2 hak1 - can; approve; need; but
夫 fu1 fu4 - husband; male adult; manual worker

1 compounds containing this word:

柴可夫斯基 - Tchaikovsky

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