牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]ox; cow; bull | hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | drinking water; potable water; to drink water | hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | to press | 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 |
oxhead; Daoist priest | to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath | ||
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trad. (牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低) | 牛 | 唔 | 飲水 | 唔 | 撳 | 得 | 牛頭 | 低 | |
simp. (牛唔饮水唔揿得牛头低) | 牛 | 唔 | 饮水 | 唔 | 揿 | 得 | 牛头 | 低 | |
alternative forms | 牛唔飲水唔㩒得牛頭低/牛唔饮水唔㩒得牛头低 | ||||||||
Literally: “If a cow does not drink water, one cannot press its head down”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngau4 m4 jam2 seoi2 m4 gam6 dak1 ngau4 tau4 dai1
- Yale: ngàuh m̀h yám séui m̀h gahm dāk ngàuh tàuh dāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngau4 m4 jam2 soey2 m4 gam6 dak7 ngau4 tau4 dai1
- Guangdong Romanization: ngeo4 m4 yem2 sêu2 m4 gem6 deg1 ngeo4 teo4 dei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ m̩²¹ jɐm³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ m̩²¹ kɐm²² tɐk̚⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ tɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
[edit]牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低
- (Cantonese) you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink; you cannot force someone to do something
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- Chinese terms spelled with 得
- Chinese terms spelled with 頭
- Chinese terms spelled with 低
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