放鴿子

See also: 放鸽子

Chinese

	to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	pigeon; dove
trad. (放鴿子)	放	鴿子
simp. (放鸽子)	放	鸽子
Literally: “to release a pigeon”.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fàng gēzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄍㄜ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanq ge.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong³ gap³ zi²
  - Yale: fong gap jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ gap⁸ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong³ geb³ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ kɐp̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: faan (T2) + keq tsr (T4)
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑ̃⁴⁴ kəʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

放鴿子

(colloquial, idiomatic) to stand someone up someone; to fail to show up
你竟敢放我鴿子！ / 你竟敢放我鸽子！ ― Nǐ jìng gǎn fàng wǒ gēzi! ― How dare you stand me up!
(colloquial) to drive off passengers before arriving at the destination
(colloquial) to abandon someone from a group activity
(Wu) to speak idly; to go back on one's words

Dialectal synonyms of 放鴿子 (“to stand someone up; to ditch someone”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		爽約
Mandarin	Beijing	放鴿子
	Taiwan	放鴿子
	Malaysia	放飛機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	放飛機
Cantonese	Hong Kong	放飛機
Min Nan	Taipei	放粉鳥
	Kaohsiung	放粉鳥
	Penang	放飛機

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