頭大冇腦，腦大生草
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Chinese
[edit]| head; (noun suffix) | big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
brainless; stupid | brain | big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (頭大冇腦，腦大生草) | 頭 | 大 | 冇腦 | ， | 腦 | 大 | 生 | 草 | |
| simp. (头大冇脑,脑大生草) | 头 | 大 | 冇脑 | , | 脑 | 大 | 生 | 草 | |
| Literally: “with a big head but without a brain, with a big brain but only grass grows inside”. | |||||||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tau4 daai6 mou5 nou5, nou5 daai6 saang1 cou2
- Yale: tàuh daaih móuh nóuh, nóuh daaih sāang chóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tau4 daai6 mou5 nou5, nou5 daai6 saang1 tsou2
- Guangdong Romanization: teo4 dai6 mou5 nou5, nou5 dai6 sang1 cou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ taːi̯²² mou̯¹³ nou̯¹³ nou̯¹³ taːi̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]頭大冇腦，腦大生草