唔到

Chinese

Etymology 1

		not	arrive
simp. and trad. (唔到)		唔	到

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ dou³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ dou³
    • Yale: m̀h dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ tou̯³³/

Verb

唔到

1. (Cantonese) to not yet reach; to not yet arrive at
2. (Cantonese) to not arrive; to not show up

Synonyms

• 不到 (bùdào)

Etymology 2

		not	can
simp. and trad. (唔到)		唔	到

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ dou^3-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ dou^3-2
    • Yale: m̀h dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ dou^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ dou^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ tou̯³³⁻³⁵/

Particle

唔到

1. (Cantonese) can't

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不到 (“cannot (particle)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不到
Mandarin	Taiwan	不到
	Malaysia	不到
	Singapore	不到
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔到
	Hong Kong	唔到
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔到
	Penang (Guangfu)	唔到
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔到
Southern Min	Xiamen	無
	Taipei	無 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	無
	Singapore (Hokkien)	無
	Jieyang	無
	Singapore (Teochew)	無
Wu	Shanghai	弗著
	Suzhou	弗著
	Ningbo	弗著
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 時運高，睇唔到／时运高，睇唔到