冇計

Chinese

Etymology 1

		not have (dialectal)	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (冇計)		冇	計
simp. (冇计)		冇	计
alternative forms		無計／无计

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ gai^3-2 / mou⁵ gai³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ gai^3-2 / mou⁵ gai³
    • Yale: móuh gái / móuh gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ gai^3-2 / mou⁵ gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ gei^3-2 / mou⁵ gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ kɐi̯³³⁻³⁵/, /mou̯¹³ kɐi̯³³/

Phrase

1. (Cantonese) there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it
   • 1979, “十個女仔”, in (deprecated template usage) 許冠傑, (deprecated template usage) 黎彼得 (lyrics), (deprecated template usage) 七九夏日之歌集:

     小妹選婿要講家底，屈居妾侍亦冇乜計 [Cantonese, trad.]
     小妹选婿要讲家底，屈居妾侍亦冇乜计 [Cantonese, simp.]

     siu² mui² syun² sai³ jiu³ gong² gaa¹ dai², wat¹ geoi¹ cip³ si⁶ jik⁶ mou⁵ mat¹ gai³ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 冇辦法／冇办法

See also

• 無計／无计 (wújì)

Etymology 2

		empty, hollow (Min)	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (冇計)		冇	計
simp. (冇计)		冇	计

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phàⁿ-kè

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàⁿ-kè
    • Tâi-lô: phànn-kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvarkex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰã²¹⁻⁵³ ke²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ke⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰã²¹⁻⁵³ ke²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰã¹¹⁻⁵³ ke¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰã²¹⁻⁴¹ ke²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 冇計

1. (Southern Min) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.