唔見

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (唔見)		唔	見
simp. (唔见)		唔	见

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ gin³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ gin³
    • Yale: m̀h gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ kiːn³³/

Verb

唔見

1. (Cantonese) to not see (someone or something)

   我喺五樓唔見佢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我喺五楼唔见佢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ hai² ng⁵ lau^4-2 m⁴ gin³ keoi⁵. [Jyutping]

   I don't see him on the fifth floor.

2. (Cantonese) to lose

   唔好唔見條鎖匙呀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔好唔见条锁匙呀！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ hou² m⁴ gin³ tiu⁴ so² si⁴ aa³! [Jyutping]

   Don't lose the key!

   我琴日唔見咗條褲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我琴日唔见咗条裤。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ kam⁴ jat⁶ m⁴ gin³ zo² tiu⁴ fu³. [Jyutping]

   I lost my pair of pants yesterday.

3. (Cantonese) to vanish

   佢幾條魚唔見咗囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢几条鱼唔见咗啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ gei² tiu⁴ jyu⁴ m⁴ gin³ zo² lo³. [Jyutping]

   A couple of his/her fish have vanished.

Derived terms

• (to not see):

• 唔見棺材唔流眼淚／唔见棺材唔流眼泪

 

• (to lose):

• 拜神唔見雞／拜神唔见鸡