頭大冇腦，腦大生草

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	brainless; stupid		brain	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (頭大冇腦，腦大生草)		頭	大	冇腦	，	腦	大	生	草
simp. (头大冇脑，脑大生草)		头	大	冇脑	，	脑	大	生	草
Literally: “with a big head but without a brain, with a big brain but only grass grows inside”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ daai⁶ mou⁵ nou⁵, nou⁵ daai⁶ saang¹ cou²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ daai⁶ mou⁵ nou⁵, nou⁵ daai⁶ saang¹ cou²
    • Yale: tàuh daaih móuh nóuh, nóuh daaih sāang chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ daai⁶ mou⁵ nou⁵, nou⁵ daai⁶ saang¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ dai⁶ mou⁵ nou⁵, nou⁵ dai⁶ sang¹ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ taːi̯²² mou̯¹³ nou̯¹³ nou̯¹³ taːi̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Idiom

頭大冇腦，腦大生草

1. (Cantonese, derogatory) brainless; stupid