倒夜香 (dou2 je6 hoeng1) — night soil, is the euphemism for human… in Cantonese

douˊ²倒jeˍ₆夜hoengˉ¹香

Mandarin Pinyin: dao4 ye4 xiang1

Meaning of 倒夜香

nounnight soil, is the euphemism for human feces collected at night from cesspools or privies

ngoˏ₅我zouˊ²早soengˎ₄上heoi˗₃去dou˗₃倒jeˍ₆夜hoeng1.香。

I went to empty the chamber pot this morning.

jiˏ₅以cinˎ₄前kung4,窮，jiu˗₃要dou˗₃倒jeˍ₆夜hoeng1.香。

In the past, when poor, one had to empty chamber pots.

keoiˏ₅佢ukˉ¹屋geiˊ²企zung˗₃仲jauˏ₅有janˎ₄人dou˗₃倒jeˍ₆夜hoeng1.香。

His family still has someone emptying chamber pots.

niˉ¹呢fanˍ₆份gungˉ¹工houˊ²好sanˉ¹辛fu2,苦，jiu˗₃要dou˗₃倒jeˍ₆夜hoeng1.香。

This job is tough, involves emptying chamber pots.

keoiˏ₅佢sai˗₃細go˗₃個si4,時，bongˉ¹幫aa˗₃阿maaˉ¹媽dou˗₃倒jeˍ₆夜hoeng1.香。

When he was young, he helped his mom empty chamber pots.

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