好眉好貌生沙蝨

Chinese

			to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (好眉好貌生沙蝨/好眉好貌生沙虱)		好眉好貌	生	沙蝨/沙虱
simp. (好眉好貌生沙虱)		好眉好貌	生	沙虱
Literally: “good looking, infested with lice”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² mei⁴ hou² maau⁶ saang¹ saa¹ sat¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² mei⁴ hou² maau⁶ saang¹ saa¹ sat¹
    • Yale: hóu mèih hóu maauh sāang sā sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² mei⁴ hou² maau⁶ saang¹ saa¹ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² méi⁴ hou² mao⁶ sang¹ sa¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ mei̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ maːu̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

Phrase

好眉好貌生沙蝨

1. (Cantonese) base or talentless at heart