食住花生等睇戲

Chinese

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Etymology

According to The Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities in Hong Kong, the idiom comes from Mr. Peanut's slogan, initially intented to promote peanuts as a side dish when watching movies.[1] The slang later used in HKGolden and spread to the other forums. Compared to get the popcorn.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ zyu⁶ faa¹ sang¹ dang² tai² hei³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ zyu⁶ faa¹ sang¹ dang² tai² hei³
  - Yale: sihk jyuh fā sāng dáng tái hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ dzy⁶ faa¹ sang¹ dang² tai² hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ ju⁶ fa¹ seng¹ deng² tei² héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² t͡ʃyː²² faː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ tɐŋ³⁵ tʰɐi̯³⁵ hei̯³³/

Idiom

食住花生等睇戲

(Hong Kong, Internet slang) to watch a conflict and treat it as an entertainment

Derived terms

花生 (huāshēng)
花生友
食花生

References

食住花生等睇戲

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