牛頭唔搭馬嘴

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	head; (noun suffix)	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang; join; match; take passage	horse; surname	mouth
trad. (牛頭唔搭馬嘴)		牛	頭	唔	搭	馬	嘴
simp. (牛头唔搭马嘴)		牛	头	唔	搭	马	嘴

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ tau⁴ m⁴ daap³ maa⁵ zeoi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ tau⁴ m⁴ daap³ maa⁵ zeoi²
    • Yale: ngàuh tàuh m̀h daap máh jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ tau⁴ m⁴ daap⁸ maa⁵ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ teo⁴ m⁴ dab³ ma⁵ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ m̩²¹ taːp̚³ maː¹³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

牛頭唔搭馬嘴

1. (Cantonese) the answer is totally irrelevant to the question; a square peg cannot fit into a round hole; to be beside the point

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 驢脣不對馬嘴 (“to be irrelevant or incongruous”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		驢脣不對馬嘴, 驢頭不對馬嘴, 牛頭不對馬嘴
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	驢脣不對馬嘴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	六不答對
Cantonese	Hong Kong	牛頭唔搭馬嘴
Hakka	Meixian	話三唔話兩