冇奶油

Chinese

		not have (dialectal)	cream; butter
trad. (冇奶油)		冇	奶油
simp. #(冇奶油)		冇	奶油

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ naai⁵ jau⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ naai⁵ jau⁴
    • Yale: móuh náaih yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ naai⁵ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ nai⁵ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ naːi̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹/

Verb

冇奶油

1. (Cantonese, humorous) Alternative form of 冇理由 (“it is unreasonable; it is impossible; it cannot be”)

   • 豆斗當機立斷，大刀闊斧進行開放改革，長期揸權，有時候只係權宜之策，病人未脫離危險時期，冇奶油換主診醫生嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     豆斗当机立断，大刀阔斧进行开放改革，长期揸权，有时候只系权宜之策，病人未脱离危险时期，冇奶油换主诊医生嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2018, 常威, 中年退休女人千祈唔好信佛, in 《大清亡國關慈禧蛋牛治》, Hong Kong: 真源有限公司

     dau^6-4 dau² dong¹ gei¹ laap⁶ dyun⁶, daai⁶ dou¹ fut³ fu² zeon³ hang⁴ hoi¹ fong³ goi² gaak³, coeng⁴ kei⁴ zaa¹ kyun⁴, jau⁵ si⁴ hau⁶ zi² hai⁶ kyun⁴ ji⁴ zi¹ caak³, beng⁶ jan⁴ mei⁶ tyut³ lei⁴ ngai⁴ him² si⁴ kei⁴, mou⁵ naai⁵ jau⁴ wun⁶ zyu² can² ji¹ sang¹ ge³. [Jyutping]

     Beanie [nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi] was bold and decisive in opening up and reforming. Sometimes, holding on to power long-term may just be a temporary solution. When a patient is still in a critical condition, it is unreasonable to change the attending doctor.