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柴可夫
caai4 ho2 fu1
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[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.
 Default PoS:  Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word: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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