飛起

Chinese

	to fly	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (飛起)	飛	起
simp. (飞起)	飞	起
anagram	起飛／起飞
Literally: “to fly up”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ hei²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fei¹ hei²
  - Yale: fēi héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ héi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵/

Verb

飛起

(Cantonese, figurative) to be extreme
惡到飛起／恶到飞起 [Cantonese] ― ok³ dou³ fei¹ hei² [Jyutping] ― extremely fierce

佢老豆實打到佢飛起。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢老豆实打到佢飞起。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ lou⁵ dau⁶ sat⁶ daa² dou³ keoi⁵ fei¹ hei². [Jyutping]
His dad is surely going to beat him up badly.

Usage notes

Usually used as a complement after a verb or adjective and 到 (dou3). When used in this construction, it can be translated as "extremely", "awfully", "terribly" or "badly".

Synonyms

要命 (yàomìng)

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