唔理三七廿一

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	three	seven	twenty	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
trad. (唔理三七廿一)		唔	理	三	七	廿	一
simp. #(唔理三七廿一)		唔	理	三	七	廿	一

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ lei⁵ saam¹ cat¹ jaa⁶ jat¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ lei⁵ saam¹ cat¹ jaa⁶ jat¹
    • Yale: m̀h léih sāam chāt yah yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ lei⁵ saam¹ tsat⁷ jaa⁶ jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ léi⁵ sam¹ ced¹ ya⁶ yed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ lei̯¹³ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jaː²² jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

唔理三七廿一

1. (Cantonese) no matter what; casting all caution to the wind; regardless of the circumstances

Synonyms

• 不管三七二十一 (bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī)
• 管他三七二十一 (guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī)
• (Cantonese) 唔理三七二十一