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雞同鴨講

gai1 tung4 aap3 gong2

talking at cross purposes; speaking to each other in different languages; communications barrier
(literally: a chicken and a duck talking)

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 96,600

雞同鴨講 / 鸡同鸭讲

雞 gai1 ji1 - chicken
同 tung4 tong2 - same; together; for
鴨 aap3 aap3*2 ngaap3 ya1 - [n] duck
講 gong2 jiang3 - say; speak

This word was added by claw on 23rd Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Jun 2008

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