搖搖岌岌
jiu4 jiu4 ngap6 ngap6yáo yáo jí jíinferred
English
- someone or something to keep rocking, shaking; to describe something looks unstable, seems going to fall or break apart
粵語 — Cantonese
- 人或者物件自己喺度搖,左右不停咁郁;形容唔穩定、危危乎
Examples
張枱攝唔穩,仲喺度搖搖岌。
The table wasn't steady and kept rocking.
個阿伯行到搖搖岌咁,好驚佢會跌親。
That old man keeps rocking when walking. I'm afraid he would fall.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk