八月十五 (baat3 jyut6 sap6 ng5 | ba1 yue4 shi2 wu3) : Mid-Autumn Festival; [粵] buttocks

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八月十五

baat3 jyut6 sap6 ng5

ba1 yue4 shi2 wu3

[1] Mid-Autumn Festival (15th day of the 8th lunar month); commonly known as the Moon Festival
[2] [粵] buttocks; the behind; bum; arse; bottom

In Cantonese, the moon is a visual pun for buttocks, cf. English slang "to moon".
It is customary to give and eat Moon Cakes (月餅) around this time of year.
More information about this alternative meaning is posted here.

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

八月十五

This word has been viewed 5331 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 10th Dec 2006 05:35 and last edited on 1st Aug 2009 05:20

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八 baat3 - eight
月 jyut6 - moon; month
十 sap6 - ten
五 ng5 - five; fifth

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農曆八月十五 - the 15th day of the 8th month of the Lunar calendar (Mid-Autumn Festival)

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我撴嚫個八月十五。粵
I fell on my bottom.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,127822,127824#msg-127824]

妳嘅八月十五好大。粵
Your butt is huge.

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