食無情雞

简 食无情鸡 · 繁 食無情雞
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsik6 mou4 cing4 gai1

Meanings

  1. to be fired; to receive a pink slip (a letter of dismissal)
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Same syllable, six tones

sik色sik1colorsik2—sik3—sik4—sik5—食sik6to eat
gai鸡gai1fowlgai2—计gai3to calculategai4—gai5—gai6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: shi2 wu2 qing2 ji1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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verb

  1. (Cantonese) to be fired; to be laid off

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Exact source record & identity食無情雞 食无情鸡 [shi2 wu2 qing2 ji1] {sik6 mou4 cing4 gai1} /to be fired; to receive a pink slip (a letter of dismissal)/

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