跟官咁耐唔知官姓乜

Chinese

		to follow; to go with; heel to follow; to go with; heel; with; and	official; government; organ of body	(Cantonese) so	to withstand; to bear	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to know; to be aware	official; government; organ of body	surname; family name; name	squint; (dial.) what
trad. (跟官咁耐唔知官姓乜)		跟	官	咁	耐	唔	知	官	姓	乜
simp. #(跟官咁耐唔知官姓乜)		跟	官	咁	耐	唔	知	官	姓	乜
Literally: “to not know an official's surname despite having followed them for a long time”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ gun¹ gam³ noi⁶ m⁴ zi¹ gun¹ sing³ mat¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹ gun¹ gam³ noi⁶ m⁴ zi¹ gun¹ sing³ mat¹
    • Yale: gān gūn gam noih m̀h jī gūn sing māt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ gun¹ gam³ noi⁶ m⁴ dzi¹ gun¹ sing³ mat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ gun¹ gem³ noi⁶ m⁴ ji¹ gun¹ xing³ med¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ kɐm³³ nɔːi̯²² m̩²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³ mɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

跟官咁耐唔知官姓乜

1. (Cantonese) to not understand anything about someone despite having known them for a long time