孤寒度

Chinese

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Etymology

Probably from 孤寒 (gu¹ hon⁴, “stingy”) +‎ 度 (dok⁶, “to measure; to ponder”). Alternatively, 鐸／铎 (dok⁶) may be the name of a miser (Bai, 2003); compare English scrooge < Ebenezer Scrooge, Min Dong 貽順哥／贻顺哥 (ì-sông-gŏ̤) < 馬貽順／马贻顺 (Mā Ì-sông).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ hon⁴ dok⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ hon⁴ dok⁶
  - Yale: gū hòhn dohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ hon⁴ dok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ hon⁴ dog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ hɔːn²¹ tɔːk̚²/

Noun

孤寒度

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) miser; cheapskate; scrooge

Synonyms

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