冇咗

Chinese

		not have (dialectal)
trad. (冇咗)		冇	咗
simp. #(冇咗)		冇	咗

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ zo²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ zo²
    • Yale: móuh jó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ dzo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ zo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ t͡sɔː³⁵/

Verb

冇咗

1. (Cantonese) to no longer have

   差啲冇咗條命 [Cantonese, trad.]
   差啲冇咗条命 [Cantonese, simp.]

   caa¹ di¹ mou⁵ zo² tiu⁴ meng⁶ [Jyutping]

   nearly lost one's life

2. (Cantonese) to have ceased existence; to have stopped existing
3. (Cantonese) to forget about something

   完全冇咗件事添！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   jyun⁴ cyun⁴ mou⁵ zo² gin⁶ si⁶ tim¹! [Jyutping]

   I'd completely forgotten about the whole thing!

See also

• 唔記得／唔记得 (“to forget”)