冇呢支歌仔唱

Chinese

		not have (dialectal)	woolen material; (question particle)	(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money	song; folk song, especially a Hokkien ballad	sing; to call loudly; to chant
trad. (冇呢支歌仔唱)		冇	呢	支	歌仔	唱
simp. #(冇呢支歌仔唱)		冇	呢	支	歌仔	唱
Literally: “this song is no longer sung”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ ni¹ zi¹ go¹ zai² coeng³ / mou⁵ nei¹ zi¹ go¹ zai² coeng³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ ni¹ zi¹ go¹ zai² coeng³ / mou⁵ nei¹ zi¹ go¹ zai² coeng³
    • Yale: móuh nī jī gō jái cheung / móuh nēi jī gō jái cheung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ ni¹ dzi¹ go¹ dzai² tsoeng³ / mou⁵ nei¹ dzi¹ go¹ dzai² tsoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ ni¹ ji¹ go¹ zei² cêng³ / mou⁵ néi¹ ji¹ go¹ zei² cêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ niː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ³³/, /mou̯¹³ nei̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ³³/

Idiom

冇呢支歌仔唱

1. (Cantonese, informal) ended; used up; outdated

   舊時好安全㗎，大家都唔使鎖門，但係而家冇呢支歌仔唱囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   旧时好安全㗎，大家都唔使锁门，但系而家冇呢支歌仔唱啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gau⁶ si⁴ hou² on¹ cyun⁴ gaa³, daai⁶ gaa¹ dou¹ m⁴ sai² so² mun⁴, daan⁶ hai⁶ ji⁴ gaa¹ mou⁵ ni¹ zi¹ go¹ zai² coeng³ lo³. [Jyutping]

   In the old days, it was so safe, people did not need to lock their doors, but now things don't work like that anymore.

   而家個個都有得上網，冇去圖書館搵料呢支歌仔唱㗎喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   而家个个都有得上网，冇去图书馆揾料呢支歌仔唱㗎喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ji⁴ gaa¹ go³ go³ dou¹ jau⁵ dak¹ soeng⁵ mong⁵, mou⁵ heoi³ tou⁴ syu¹ gun² wan² liu^6-2 ni¹ zi¹ go¹ zai² coeng³ gaa³ laa³. [Jyutping]

   Nowadays, everyone can go online, so going to the library for research isn't a thing anymore.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 冇嗰支歌仔唱
• (Cantonese) (outdated): 過時／过时 (guòshí)
• 終止／终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• (Mandarin) 完蛋 (wándàn)
• (Cantonese) 玩完 (wánwán)