大纜都扯唔埋
Chinese
[edit]metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already |
pull; tear; to talk casually | hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | close together | |||
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| trad. (大纜都扯唔埋) | 大纜 | 都 | 扯 | 唔 | 埋 | |
| simp. (大缆都扯唔埋) | 大缆 | 都 | 扯 | 唔 | 埋 | |
| Literally: “even a huge rope cannot pull (them) together”. | ||||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 laam6 dou1 ce2 m4 maai4
- Yale: daaih laahm dōu ché m̀h màaih
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 laam6 dou1 tse2 m4 maai4
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 lam6 dou1 cé2 m4 mai4
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² laːm²² tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː³⁵ m̩²¹ maːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]大纜都扯唔埋
- (Cantonese) to have no relationship with each other whatsoever; to be totally irrelevant