冇手尾

Chinese

		not have (dialectal)	unfinished tasks; loose ends; problems following an event
trad. (冇手尾)		冇	手尾
simp. #(冇手尾)		冇	手尾

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ sau² mei⁵
• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): me⁵ sau² mi⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ sau² mei⁵
    • Yale: móuh sáu méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ sau² mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ seo² méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ sɐu̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: me⁵ sau² mi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /me²⁴ səu³³ mi²⁴/

Adjective

冇手尾

1. (Cantonese, Nanning Pinghua) never finishing what one starts; irresponsible
2. (Cantonese, Nanning Pinghua) never cleaning up after oneself; irresponsible