時運高，睇唔到

See also: 时运高，睇唔到

Chinese

		luck; fortune	high; tall		look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think	to not yet reach; to not yet arrive at
trad. (時運高，睇唔到)		時運	高	，	睇	唔到
simp. (时运高，睇唔到)		时运	高	，	睇	唔到
Literally: “to be so lucky that one cannot see [it]”.

Etymology

The first part (時運高) is sarcastic or probably not related at all, just to make it rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ wan⁶ gou¹, tai² m⁴ dou^3-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁴ wan⁶ gou¹, tai² m⁴ dou^3-2
    • Yale: sìh wahn gōu, tái m̀h dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ wan⁶ gou¹, tai² m⁴ dou^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ wen⁶ gou¹, tei² m⁴ dou^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ wɐn²² kou̯⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯³⁵ m̩²¹ tou̯³³⁻³⁵/

Phrase

1. (Cantonese) not to be seeing something