爛泥扶唔上壁
Chinese
[edit]| to support with hand; to help someone up; to help | hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up |
wall; rampart | |||
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| trad. (爛泥扶唔上壁) | 爛泥 | 扶 | 唔 | 上 | 壁 | |
| simp. (烂泥扶唔上壁) | 烂泥 | 扶 | 唔 | 上 | 壁 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: laan6 nai4 fu4 m4 soeng5 bek3
- Yale: laahn nàih fùh m̀h séuhng bek
- Cantonese Pinyin: laan6 nai4 fu4 m4 soeng5 bek8
- Guangdong Romanization: lan6 nei4 fu4 m4 sêng5 bég3
- Sinological IPA (key): /laːn²² nɐi̯²¹ fuː²¹ m̩²¹ sœːŋ¹³ pɛːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]爛泥扶唔上壁
- (Cantonese) to be so incompetent that others' help is of no use; to be useless and incapable and cannot be nurtured; to be hopelessly inept