牛頭唔搭馬嘴

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	head; (noun suffix)	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang; join; match; take passage	horse; surname	mouth
trad. (牛頭唔搭馬嘴)		牛	頭	唔	搭	馬	嘴
simp. (牛头唔搭马嘴)		牛	头	唔	搭	马	嘴

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ tau⁴ m⁴ daap³ maa⁵ zeoi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ tau⁴ m⁴ daap³ maa⁵ zeoi²
    • Yale: ngàuh tàuh m̀h daap máh jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ tau⁴ m⁴ daap⁸ maa⁵ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ teo⁴ m⁴ dab³ ma⁵ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ m̩²¹ taːp̚³ maː¹³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

牛頭唔搭馬嘴

1. (Cantonese) the answer is totally irrelevant to the question; a square peg cannot fit into a round hole; to be beside the point

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 驢脣不對馬嘴 (“to be irrelevant or incongruous”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		驢脣不對馬嘴, 驢頭不對馬嘴, 牛頭不對馬嘴
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	牛頭不對馬嘴
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	驢脣不對馬嘴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	六不答對
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔挐更
	Hong Kong	牛頭唔搭馬嘴, 唔挐更
Hakka	Meixian	牛頭唔對馬嘴, 話三唔話兩, 唔對路
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豬哥搭狗𡳞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豬哥搭狗𡳞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豬哥搭狗𡳞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豬哥搭狗𡳞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豬哥搭狗𡳞
Southern Min	Shantou	牛頭唔對馬喙