冇人冇物
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Chinese
[edit]not have (dialectal) | man; person; people | not have (dialectal) | thing; object; matter | ||
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trad. (冇人冇物) | 冇 | 人 | 冇 | 物 | |
simp. #(冇人冇物) | 冇 | 人 | 冇 | 物 | |
Literally: “no people, no objects”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou5 jan4 mou5 mat6
- Yale: móuh yàhn móuh maht
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou5 jan4 mou5 mat9
- Guangdong Romanization: mou5 yen4 mou5 med6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ mou̯¹³ mɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]冇人冇物
- (Cantonese) to have no kin, no friends, and no belongings