Ruby phonetic annotation for Cantonese

Language Log 2019-05-11

Summary:

Jenny Chu sent in this photograph of an ad on a Hong Kong subway car: It says: jau5 💡 zau6 lai4 laa1 有💡就嚟啦 ("if you have [a bright idea], just come [here]") Notes: Normally, if you regard the two characters "zau6 lai4 就嚟" as one term, it is an adverb meaning "almost; soon", as defined in this online […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=42671

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advertising

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

05/11/2019, 12:45

Date published:

05/06/2019, 17:48