唔住

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop
simp. and trad. (唔住)		唔	住

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ zyu⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): m⁶ zu⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ zyu⁶
    • Yale: m̀h jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ t͡syː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: m⁶ zu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: m̆ tsŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su³⁵/

Particle

唔住

1. (not productive, Cantonese, Teochew) cannot

   我頂唔住喇／我顶唔住喇 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  ngo⁵ deng² m⁴ zyu⁶ laa³ [Jyutping]  ―  I cannot bear it already

   我對你唔住／我对你唔住 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  ngo⁵ deoi³ nei⁵ m⁴ zyu⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  I cannot face you (I am sorry)

   連自己嘅生日都記唔住 [Cantonese, trad.]
   连自己嘅生日都记唔住 [Cantonese, simp.]

   lin⁴ zi⁶ gei² ge³ saang¹ jat⁶ dou¹ gei³ m⁴ zyu⁶ [Jyutping]

   unable to remember even one's own birthday

Derived terms

• 對唔住／对唔住