粵

樽zeon1頸geng2

simp樽颈
zeon1 geng2zūn jǐng

English

  1. bottle-neck
  2. a bottleneck
  3. plateau (in one's skills)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容成日塞住嘅地方(量詞:個)
  2. 形容一個難以突破嘅關卡,通常指一個人技藝去到一定水平,好多功夫先換得少少進步

Examples

  • 隧道入口好似一個樽頸,所以時時塞車。

    The entrance of the tunnel is like a bottleneck, therefore there are always traffic jams. ----

  • 我覺得我琴技已經去到樽頸位,再練落去都無咩意思。

    I think my piano skills have plateaued, there's no point in continuing to practice.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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