有頭髮邊個想做瘌痢

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	hair on the head	who; which one?	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	to do; to make; to produce	favus of the scalp; tinea capitis; affected by tinea capitis
trad. (有頭髮邊個想做瘌痢)		有	頭髮	邊個	想	做	瘌痢
simp. (有头发边个想做瘌痢)		有	头发	边个	想	做	瘌痢
alternative forms		有頭髮邊個想做癩痢／有头发边个想做癞痢
Literally: “Who wants to have scabies when one has hair?”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ tau⁴ faat³ bin¹ go³ soeng² zou⁶ laat³ lei^6-1

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ tau⁴ faat³ bin¹ go³ soeng² zou⁶ laat³ lei^6-1
    • Yale: yáuh tàuh faat bīn go séung jouh laat lēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ tau⁴ faat⁸ bin¹ go³ soeng² dzou⁶ laat⁸ lei^6-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ teo⁴ fad³ bin¹ go³ sêng² zou⁶ lad³ léi^6-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ faːt̚³ piːn⁵⁵ kɔː³³ sœːŋ³⁵ t͡sou̯²² laːt̚³ lei̯²²⁻⁵⁵/

Idiom

有頭髮邊個想做瘌痢

1. (Cantonese) nobody wants bad things to happen to them