屎坑關刀——文又唔得，武又唔得

Chinese

		latrine; toilet; cesspit latrine; toilet; cesspit; cesspool; manure pit	guandao		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	(once) again; also; both... and... (once) again; also; both... and...; again	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to		martial; military	(once) again; also; both... and... (once) again; also; both... and...; again	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
trad. (屎坑關刀——文又唔得，武又唔得)		屎坑	關刀	——	文	又	唔	得	，	武	又	唔	得
simp. (屎坑关刀——文又唔得，武又唔得)		屎坑	关刀	——	文	又	唔	得	，	武	又	唔	得
Literally: “Guan Yu's blade in a latrine - not good at both literature and martial arts”.

Etymology

A pun based on the homophony of 文 (man4, “literary”) and 聞／闻 (man4, “to smell”), and the homophony of 武 (mou5, “martial arts”) and 舞 (mou5, “to dance”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si² haang¹ gwaan¹ dou¹, man⁴ jau⁶ m⁴ dak¹, mou⁵ jau⁶ m⁴ dak¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si² haang¹ gwaan¹ dou¹, man⁴ jau⁶ m⁴ dak¹, mou⁵ jau⁶ m⁴ dak¹
    • Yale: sí hāang gwāan dōu, màhn yauh m̀h dāk, móuh yauh m̀h dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si² haang¹ gwaan¹ dou¹, man⁴ jau⁶ m⁴ dak⁷, mou⁵ jau⁶ m⁴ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi² hang¹ guan¹ dou¹, men⁴ yeo⁶ m⁴ deg¹, mou⁵ yeo⁶ m⁴ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ haːŋ⁵⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ mɐn²¹ jɐu̯²² m̩²¹ tɐk̚⁵ mou̯¹³ jɐu̯²² m̩²¹ tɐk̚⁵/

Idiom

屎坑關刀——文又唔得，武又唔得

1. (Cantonese) to lack ability and be useless