冇得救

Chinese

		cannot; to be unable	to save; to assist; to rescue
trad. (冇得救)		冇得	救
simp. #(冇得救)		冇得	救

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ dak¹ gau³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ dak¹ gau³
    • Yale: móuh dāk gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ dak⁷ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ deg¹ geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ tɐk̚⁵ kɐu̯³³/

Adjective

冇得救 (Cantonese)

1. (literal and figurative) beyond the point of help

   你真係冇得救。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你真系冇得救。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ zan¹ hai⁶ mou⁵ dak¹ gau³. [Jyutping]

   You're hopeless.

Synonyms

• 沒救／没救

Dialectal synonyms of 不可救藥 (“incurable; beyond cure; beyond help”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不可救藥, 無可救藥, 無藥可救
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	無藥可救
	Singapore	無藥可救
Cantonese	Hong Kong	無藥可救, 冇得救, 冇藥醫
Hakka	Meixian	無救
Southern Min	Xiamen	無藥醫, 無醫
	Quanzhou	無醫
	Zhangzhou	無醫
	Tainan	無藥醫, 無醫
	Jieyang	無救泅
	Leizhou	無藥醫
Wu	Shanghai	嘸藥醫