唔三唔四
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | three | hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | four | ||
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simp. and trad. (唔三唔四) |
唔 | 三 | 唔 | 四 | |
alternative forms | 5354 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): m4 saam1 m4 sei3
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): m3 lham1 m3 lhei1
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): m7 san1 m7 si3
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: m4 saam1 m4 sei3
- Yale: m̀h sāam m̀h sei
- Cantonese Pinyin: m4 saam1 m4 sei3
- Guangdong Romanization: m4 sam1 m4 séi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /m̩²¹ saːm⁵⁵ m̩²¹ sei̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: m3 lham1 m3 lhei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /m̩²² ɬam³³ m̩²² ɬei³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: m7 san1 m7 si3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: m̄ saⁿ m̄ sì
- Sinological IPA (key): /m¹¹ sã³³⁻²³ m¹¹ si²¹³/
- (Teochew)
Adjective
[edit]唔三唔四
- (Cantonese, Teochew) dubious; questionable; shady
- (Cantonese, Teochew) neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; unsatisfactory intermediate