鼻哥窿都冇肉

Chinese

		nostril	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	not have (dialectal)	meat; flesh
trad. (鼻哥窿都冇肉)		鼻哥窿	都	冇	肉
simp. #(鼻哥窿都冇肉)		鼻哥窿	都	冇	肉
alternative forms		鼻哥窿都無肉／鼻哥窿都无肉
Literally: “there is even no flesh in one's nostrils”.

Etymology

Referring to the dilation of nostrils when one is shocked.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ go¹ lung¹ dou¹ mou⁵ juk⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ go¹ lung¹ dou¹ mou⁵ juk⁶
    • Yale: beih gō lūng dōu móuh yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ go¹ lung¹ dou¹ mou⁵ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ go¹ lung¹ dou¹ mou⁵ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² kɔː⁵⁵ lʊŋ⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ mou̯¹³ jʊk̚²/

Idiom

鼻哥窿都冇肉

1. (Cantonese) to be terrified; to be petrified; to have one's pants scared off

   嚇到鼻哥窿都冇肉 [Cantonese, trad.]
   吓到鼻哥窿都冇肉 [Cantonese, simp.]

   haak³ dou³ bei⁶ go¹ lung¹ dou¹ mou⁵ juk⁶ [Jyutping]

   to be terrified

   驚到鼻哥窿都冇肉 [Cantonese, trad.]
   惊到鼻哥窿都冇肉 [Cantonese, simp.]

   geng¹ dou³ bei⁶ go¹ lung¹ dou¹ mou⁵ juk⁶ [Jyutping]

   to be terrified