炒芥蘭

Chinese

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Etymology

There are two theories for the soccer slang:

From figurative sense, due to resemblance of the vegetable to human thighs.
Phono-semantic matching of English charley horse. However, "charley horse" actually means "muscle cramp in legs" and does not correspond exactly to the sense in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): caau² gaai³ laan^4-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caau² gaai³ laan^4-2
  - Yale: cháau gaai láan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau² gaai³ laan^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: cao² gai³ lan^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ kaːi̯³³ laːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

炒⫽芥蘭 (verb-object)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 炒 (caau²),‎ 芥蘭／芥兰 (gaai³ laan^4-2).
(Cantonese, soccer) to have one's thigh kicked and hurt

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