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田雞東
  tin4 gai1 dung1   jyutping
  tian2 ji1 dong1   pinyin
to go Dutch; each pays one's own share for a meal | synonym: AA

Literally "frog host", this term is a play on two Cantonese homonyms and . When we say "to pool money (for the meal)", is pronounced [gap3] - exactly the same as , the alternative name of 田雞 "a frog". As regards here, it is abbreviated from 做東 "to play the host (of the meal)".
nounAdditional PoS: adjectiveverbadverb

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
田雞東 / 田鸡东

This word has been viewed 2092 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 2nd Jun 2006 16:46 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 tin4  -  field
 gai1  -  chicken
 dung1  -  east ; host, master, owner; family name
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