教識徒弟冇師傅

Chinese

		to teach	follower; apprentice; disciple	not have (dialectal)	teacher; master; sifu teacher; master; sifu; shifu
trad. (教識徒弟冇師傅)		教識	徒弟	冇	師傅
simp. (教识徒弟冇师傅)		教识	徒弟	冇	师傅
alternative forms		教識徒弟冇師父／教识徒弟冇师父 教識徒弟無師傅／教识徒弟无师傅 教識徒弟無師父／教识徒弟无师父
Literally: “teach a disciple and they will not need the teacher”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ sik¹ tou⁴ dai^6-2 mou⁵ si¹ fu^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau³ sik¹ tou⁴ dai^6-2 mou⁵ si¹ fu^6-2
    • Yale: gaau sīk tòuh dái móuh sī fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ sik⁷ tou⁴ dai^6-2 mou⁵ si¹ fu^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³ xig¹ tou⁴ dei^6-2 mou⁵ xi¹ fu^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³ sɪk̚⁵ tʰou̯²¹ tɐi̯²²⁻³⁵ mou̯¹³ siː⁵⁵ fuː²²⁻³⁵/

Proverb

教識徒弟冇師傅

1. (Cantonese) Do not teach everything you know to your disciples

Synonyms

• 教會徒弟，餓死師傅／教会徒弟，饿死师傅 (jiàohuì túdì, èsǐ shīfù)