粵

和wo4尚soeng2寺zi2

wo4 soeng2 zi2hé shàng sìinferred

English

  1. a figurative way to refer to "boys' school", literally "Buddhist monk monastery"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 字面意思指佛寺;引申指男校(量詞:間)

Examples

  • 我中學入咗間「和尚寺」,一路都未試過同女仔講嘢。

    I attended a boys' school; I hadn't really talked to girls before.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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