人唔笑,狗都吠
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Chinese[edit]
man; person; people | hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | laugh; smile | dog | metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already |
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trad. (人唔笑,狗都吠) | 人 | 唔 | 笑 | , | 狗 | 都 | 吠 | |
simp. #(人唔笑,狗都吠) | 人 | 唔 | 笑 | , | 狗 | 都 | 吠 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan4 m4 siu3, gau2 dou1 fai6
- Yale: yàhn m̀h siu, gáu dōu faih
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan4 m4 siu3, gau2 dou1 fai6
- Guangdong Romanization: yen4 m4 xiu3, geo2 dou1 fei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn²¹ m̩²¹ siːu̯³³ kɐu̯³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ fɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom[edit]
人唔笑,狗都吠
- (Cantonese, colloquial) to be laughable; to be ludicrous