冇眼睇
Chinese
| not have (dialectal) | eye | look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think | ||
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| trad. (冇眼睇) | 冇 | 眼 | 睇 | |
| simp. #(冇眼睇) | 冇 | 眼 | 睇 | |
| Literally: “to not have eyes to see; to have no eyes to watch with”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou5 ngaan5 tai2
- Yale: móuh ngáahn tái
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou5 ngaan5 tai2
- Guangdong Romanization: mou5 ngan5 tei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯¹³ ŋaːn¹³ tʰɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Phrase
- (Cantonese) to be unable to bear (the sight of) something anymore; to refuse to be involved further; to be disinclined to continue caring about
- 我冇眼睇。 [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― ngo5 mou5 ngaan5 tai2. [Jyutping] ― I can't stand it anymore.