Jyut Dictionary
Online Dictionary
Resources
Download
About
Auto-detect search language
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Jyutping
Fuzzy Jyutping
Pinyin
Fuzzy Pinyin
English
Search
Auto-detect search language
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Jyutping
Fuzzy Jyutping
Pinyin
Fuzzy Pinyin
English
聲
嘶
力
竭
[
声
---]
Jyutping
sing1 sai1 lik6 kit3
Pinyin
shēng sī lì jié
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
to shout oneself hoarse (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
形容詞
嗌到聲到爛埋,冇晒氣力
hoarse and exhausted
返到屋企打開門口,佢個仔已經聲嘶力竭咁喊。
返到屋企打开门口,佢个仔已经声嘶力竭咁喊。
When he arrived home and opened the door, his son was already crying himself hoarse.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
to shout oneself hoarse; to shout with all one's might
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
他声嘶力竭地叫道:「这场仗,我们不可以输!」
他聲嘶力竭地叫道:「這場仗,我們不可以輸!」
tā shēng sī lì jié dì jiào dào :「 zhè chǎng zhàng , wǒ men bù kě yǐ shū !」
He shouted at the top of his voice, "This is a battle we cannot lose."
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
返到屋企打开门口,佢个仔已经声嘶力竭咁喊。
返到屋企打開門口,佢個仔已經聲嘶力竭咁喊。
When he arrived home and opened the door, his son was already crying himself hoarse.