兩頭唔到岸

Chinese

		both ends; either end; both parties both ends; either end; both parties; both sides	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	bank; shore; beach bank; shore; beach; coast
trad. (兩頭唔到岸)		兩頭	唔	到	岸
simp. (两头唔到岸)		两头	唔	到	岸
Literally: “not reaching shores on both sides”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ tau⁴ m⁴ dou³ ngon⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵ tau⁴ m⁴ dou³ ngon⁶
    • Yale: léuhng tàuh m̀h dou ngohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ tau⁴ m⁴ dou³ ngon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ teo⁴ m⁴ dou³ ngon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ m̩²¹ tou̯³³ ŋɔːn²²/

Idiom

兩頭唔到岸

1. (Cantonese) to fall between two stools