冇瓦遮頭

Chinese

		not have (dialectal)	tile	cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide; to conceal	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (冇瓦遮頭)		冇	瓦	遮	頭
simp. (冇瓦遮头)		冇	瓦	遮	头

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ ngaa⁵ ze¹ tau⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ ngaa⁵ ze¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: móuh ngáh jē tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ ngaa⁵ dze¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ nga⁵ zé¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ ŋaː¹³ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Verb

冇瓦遮頭 (Cantonese)

1. (literary) to have no roof; to be unroofed
2. (figuratively) to not have a place to live; to have no sheltered home

Antonyms

• 有瓦遮頭／有瓦遮头