Re: sam sap lok gai, jao wai son cha?

Marc wrote:

On May 15, 6:47 pm, LEE Sau Dan <dan...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Obviously, the furigana is a rendering of the pronunciation of this
Chinese phrase in Cantonese.

I guessed as much. Can Classical Chinese be read as is in Cantonese
pronunciation?

Yes. Classical Chinese do not have a standard pronunciation. It
is pronounced in what language or dialect the speaker speaks in.

Note also that "三十六計，走為上策" has been thoroguhly nativitized
into the vernacular. In Cantonese, the saying is usually "三十六著，
走為上着", where 着 means a move (as in chess or go).

Tak
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