行得嚤，冇鼻哥

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to			not have (dialectal)	nose
trad. (行得嚤，冇鼻哥)		行	得	嚤	，	冇	鼻哥
simp. #(行得嚤，冇鼻哥)		行	得	嚤	，	冇	鼻哥
Literally: “one who walks slowly will lose [their] nose”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haang⁴ dak¹ mo¹, mou⁵ bei⁶ go¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haang⁴ dak¹ mo¹, mou⁵ bei⁶ go¹
    • Yale: hàahng dāk mō, móuh beih gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haang⁴ dak⁷ mo¹, mou⁵ bei⁶ go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hang⁴ deg¹ mo¹, mou⁵ béi⁶ go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːŋ²¹ tɐk̚⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³ pei̯²² kɔː⁵⁵/

Proverb

行得嚤，冇鼻哥

1. (Cantonese) if one does things slowly, they will see consequences

Antonyms

• 行得快，好世界