冇幾耐

See also: 冇几耐

Chinese

		not have (dialectal)	how long
trad. (冇幾耐)		冇	幾耐
simp. (冇几耐)		冇	几耐

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ gei² noi⁶ / mou⁵ gei² noi^6-2 / mou⁵ gei² noi^6-1

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ gei² noi⁶ / mou⁵ gei² noi^6-2 / mou⁵ gei² noi^6-1
    • Yale: móuh géi noih / móuh géi nói / móuh géi nōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ gei² noi⁶ / mou⁵ gei² noi^6-2 / mou⁵ gei² noi^6-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ géi² noi⁶ / mou⁵ géi² noi^6-2 / mou⁵ géi² noi^6-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ kei̯³⁵ nɔːi̯²²/, /mou̯¹³ kei̯³⁵ nɔːi̯²²⁻³⁵/, /mou̯¹³ kei̯³⁵ nɔːi̯²²⁻⁵⁵/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 冇幾耐

1. (Cantonese) not long; for a short time so far

   我哋呢個字典項目開始咗冇幾耐。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我哋呢个字典项目开始咗冇几耐。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 粵典／粤典

   ngo⁵ dei⁶ ni¹ go³ zi⁶ din² hong⁶ muk⁶ hoi¹ ci² zo² mou⁵ gei² noi⁶. [Jyutping]

   Our dictionary has not been open for very long yet.

2. (Cantonese) not long after; shortly after; before long

Usage notes

Used after the verb.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不久 (“soon; before long”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		頃之, 頃刻, 少頃, 俄而, 既而, 已而
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不久
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	不久, 沒多久
	Taiwan	不久, 沒多久
	Singapore	不久, 沒多久
Cantonese	Guangzhou	冇幾耐, 冇耐
	Hong Kong	冇幾耐, 冇耐
	Singapore (Guangfu)	冇幾耐
Hakka	Meixian	無幾久
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無幾久
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無幾久
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無幾久
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無幾久
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無幾久
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無幾久
Southern Min	Xiamen	無偌久
	Quanzhou	無偌久
	Zhangzhou	無偌久
	Taipei	無偌久
	Kaohsiung	無偌久
	Singapore (Hokkien)	無偌久
	Manila (Hokkien)	無偌久
	Shantou	唔久, 無若久
Wu	Wenzhou	不一下兒過