時運高，睇唔到
See also: 时运高，睇唔到
Chinese
[edit]| luck; fortune | high; tall | look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think |
to not yet reach; to not yet arrive at | |||
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| trad. (時運高，睇唔到) | 時運 | 高 | ， | 睇 | 唔到 | |
| simp. (时运高，睇唔到) | 时运 | 高 | ， | 睇 | 唔到 | |
| Literally: “to be so lucky that one cannot see [it]”. | ||||||
Etymology
[edit]The first part (時運高) is sarcastic or probably not related at all, just to make it rhyme.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: si4 wan6 gou1, tai2 m4 dou3-2
- Yale: sìh wahn gōu, tái m̀h dóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: si4 wan6 gou1, tai2 m4 dou3-2
- Guangdong Romanization: xi4 wen6 gou1, tei2 m4 dou3-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /siː²¹ wɐn²² kou̯⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯³⁵ m̩²¹ tou̯³³⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Phrase
[edit]時運高，睇唔到
- (Cantonese) not to be seeing something