搵朝唔得晚

Chinese

		to earn	morning	not	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	evening; night; late
trad. (搵朝唔得晚/揾朝唔得晚)		搵/揾	朝	唔	得	晚
simp. (揾朝唔得晚)		揾	朝	唔	得	晚
Literally: “to earn for the morning and not the night”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan² ziu¹ m⁴ dak¹ maan⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan² ziu¹ m⁴ dak¹ maan⁵
    • Yale: wán jīu m̀h dāk máahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan² dziu¹ m⁴ dak⁷ maan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen² jiu¹ m⁴ deg¹ man⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn³⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ m̩²¹ tɐk̚⁵ maːn¹³/

Idiom

搵朝唔得晚

1. (Cantonese) to be making too little money for one's living

Synonyms

• 搵朝唔得晏／揾朝唔得晏