阿媽係女人

Chinese

		mom; mum; mummy mom; mum; mummy; woman servant, amah	be; connection; relation be; connection; relation; tie up; bind	woman; adult female; lover woman; adult female; lover; mistress
trad. (阿媽係女人)		阿媽	係	女人
simp. (阿妈系女人)		阿妈	系	女人
Literally: “one's mum is a woman”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ maa¹ hai⁶ neoi⁵ jan^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ maa¹ hai⁶ neoi⁵ jan^4-2
    • Yale: a mā haih néuih yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ maa¹ hai⁶ noey⁵ jan^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ ma¹ hei⁶ nêu⁵ yen^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ maː⁵⁵ hɐi̯²² nɵy̯¹³ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

Idiom

阿媽係女人

1. (Cantonese, sarcastic) water is wet; something obvious

   鬼唔知你阿媽係女人！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   鬼唔知你阿妈系女人！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gwai² m⁴ zi¹ nei⁵ aa³ maa¹ hai⁶ neoi⁵ jan^4-2! [Jyutping]

   And water is wet!
   (literally, “Who doesn't know that your mom is a woman?”)