唔見棺材唔流眼淚

Chinese

		to not see	coffin; 8 circle	not	to cry; to shed tears
trad. (唔見棺材唔流眼淚)		唔見	棺材	唔	流眼淚
simp. (唔见棺材唔流眼泪)		唔见	棺材	唔	流眼泪
Literally: “to not shed tears until one sees one's coffin”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ m⁴ lau⁴ ngaan⁵ leoi⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ m⁴ lau⁴ ngaan⁵ leoi⁶
    • Yale: m̀h gin gūn chòih m̀h làuh ngáahn leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ gin³ gun¹ tsoi⁴ m⁴ lau⁴ ngaan⁵ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ gin³ gun¹ coi⁴ m⁴ leo⁴ ngan⁵ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ kiːn³³ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ m̩²¹ lɐu̯²¹ ŋaːn¹³ lɵy̯²²/

Proverb

唔見棺材唔流眼淚

1. (Cantonese) to refuse to be convinced until one is faced with the grim reality

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不見棺材不掉淚 (“to refuse to be convinced until one is faced with the grim reality”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不見棺材不掉淚, 不見棺材不落淚, 不見棺材不流淚
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	不見棺材不掉淚
	Taiwan	不見棺材不掉淚
	Singapore	不見棺材不掉淚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	唔見棺材唔流眼淚