冇衣食

Chinese

		not have (dialectal)	food and clothing; basic everyday necessities; means of subsistence
trad. (冇衣食)		冇	衣食
simp. #(冇衣食)		冇	衣食

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ ji¹ sik⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ ji¹ sik⁶
    • Yale: móuh yī sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ ji¹ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ yi¹ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ jiː⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/

Adjective

冇衣食

1. (Cantonese, concerning food) wasteful

   乜你咁冇衣食㗎，剩返一啖仔飯都唔食埋。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   乜你咁冇衣食㗎，剩返一啖仔饭都唔食埋。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   mat¹ nei⁵ gam³ mou⁵ ji¹ sik⁶ gaa³, zing⁶ faan¹ jat¹ daam⁶ zai² faan⁶ dou¹ m⁴ sik⁶ maai⁴. [Jyutping]

   You're so wasteful. There's just a little mouthful of rice left, but you didn't finish it.

Antonyms

• 有衣食