行得嚤，冇鼻哥
Chinese
[edit]to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional |
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 |
not have (dialectal) | nose | ||||
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| trad. (行得嚤，冇鼻哥) | 行 | 得 | 嚤 | ， | 冇 | 鼻哥 | |
| simp. #(行得嚤，冇鼻哥) | 行 | 得 | 嚤 | ， | 冇 | 鼻哥 | |
| Literally: “one who walks slowly will lose [their] nose”. | |||||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: haang4 dak1 mo1, mou5 bei6 go1
- Yale: hàahng dāk mō, móuh beih gō
- Cantonese Pinyin: haang4 dak7 mo1, mou5 bei6 go1
- Guangdong Romanization: hang4 deg1 mo1, mou5 béi6 go1
- Sinological IPA (key): /haːŋ²¹ tɐk̚⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³ pei̯²² kɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
[edit]行得嚤，冇鼻哥
- (Cantonese) if one does things slowly, they will see consequences