堅離地

Chinese

		really	to have no practical sense
trad. (堅離地)		堅	離地
simp. (坚离地)		坚	离地

Etymology

Near-homophonic pun on 堅尼地城／坚尼地城 (a place on Hong Kong Island).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gin¹ lei⁴ dei⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin¹ lei⁴ dei⁶
  - Yale: gīn lèih deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin¹ lei⁴ dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin¹ léi⁴ déi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn⁵⁵ lei̯²¹ tei̯²²/

Adjective

堅離地

(Hong Kong Cantonese) to be out of touch; to have no practical sense
- 2015 June 7, Hui Po Keung, 從「堅離地」政改到「離地」政治 (From "out of touch" political reforms to "out of touch" politics)‎:
  
  高官坐巴士「落區」，宣傳政改，但卻不敢下車面對民眾，被譏諷為「堅離地」。 [MSC, trad.]
  高官坐巴士“落区”，宣传政改，但却不敢下车面对民众，被讥讽为“坚离地”。 [MSC, simp.]
  Gāoguān zuò bāshì “luòqū”, xuānchuán zhènggǎi, dàn què bùgǎn xiàchē miànduì mínzhòng, bèi jīfěng wèi “jiānlídì”. [Pinyin]
  The high-ranked officials "visited local communities" on bus to promote the political reforms, but did not dare to get off to directly talk to citizens. They were then mocked as "out of touch".

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