倒夜香 [－－－]

Jyutping dou2 je6 hoeng1
Pinyin dào yè xiāng

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. night soil, is the euphemism for human feces collected at night from cesspools or privies
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    湾仔蓝屋有70几年历史，由于里面冇装抽水马桶，系少数仲要倒夜香嘅古老住宅。
    灣仔藍屋有70幾年歷史，由於裏面冇裝抽水馬桶，係少數仲要倒夜香嘅古老住宅。
    waan1 zai2 laam4 uk1 jau5 cat1 sap6 gei2 nin4 lik6 si2, jau4 jyu1 leoi5 min6 mou5 zong1 cau1 seoi2 maa5 tung2, hai6 siu2 sou3 zung6 jiu3 dou2 je6 hoeng1 ge3 gu2 lou5 zyu6 zaak2.
    • The blue house in Wanchai has over seventy years of history, as it has no built-in flush toilet, so it is one of the few old tenement still need to pour the chamber pot during mid-night.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    倒夜香
    倒夜香
    dou2 je6 hoeng1
    • to pour away night soil (from toilet bowls or latrines without flushing systems)