唔湯唔水

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	soup; hot water	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	water; river
trad. (唔湯唔水)		唔	湯	唔	水
simp. (唔汤唔水)		唔	汤	唔	水
Literally: “neither soup nor water”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ tong¹ m⁴ seoi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ tong¹ m⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: m̀h tōng m̀h séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ tong¹ m⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ tong¹ m⁴ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ m̩²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

唔湯唔水

1. (Cantonese) neither fish nor fowl

Synonyms

• 不倫不類／不伦不类 (bùlúnbùlèi)