粵

神san4檯toi2桔gat1

san4 toi2 gat1shén tái jiéinferred

English

  1. spinster; literally: offering table citrus

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 嫁唔出嘅女人,神主台上邊通常擺咗幾個桔嚟供奉神靈,擺到乾乾癟癟先換走

Examples

  • 佢四十歲都嫁唔出,分分鐘由籮底橙變神枱桔。

    She remains unmarried in her forties and is in the danger of cementing her spinsterhood.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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