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八月十五
baat3 jyut6 sap6 ng5
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[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. |
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This word has been viewed 6536 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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Characters in this word:八 baat3 - eight月 jyut6 - moon; month 十 sap6 - ten 五 ng5 - five; fifth 1 compounds containing this word:農曆八月十五 - the 15th day of the 8th month of the Lunar calendar (Mid-Autumn Festival) |
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