冇牙佬飲湯——無齒下流

See also: 冇牙佬饮汤——无齿下流

Chinese

		not have (dialectal)	tooth; ivory	man; guy	to eat soup; to have some soup		not have	tooth	indecent; lewd; vulgar indecent; lewd; vulgar; obscene; dirty; inferior; low-class
trad. (冇牙佬飲湯——無齒下流)		冇	牙	佬	飲湯	——	無	齒	下流
simp. (冇牙佬饮汤——无齿下流)		冇	牙	佬	饮汤	——	无	齿	下流
Literally: “a toothless man drinks soup–no teeth [so the soup] flows down”.

Etymology

無齒下流/无齿下流 (“no teeth [so the soup] flows down”) is homophonous to 無恥下流/无耻下流 (“to be shameless and vulgar”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ ngaa⁴ lou² jam² tong¹, mou⁴ ci² haa⁶ lau⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ ngaa⁴ lou² jam² tong¹, mou⁴ ci² haa⁶ lau⁴
    • Yale: móuh ngàh lóu yám tōng, mòuh chí hah làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ ngaa⁴ lou² jam² tong¹, mou⁴ tsi² haa⁶ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ nga⁴ lou² yem² tong¹, mou⁴ qi² ha⁶ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ ŋaː²¹ lou̯³⁵ jɐm³⁵ tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵ haː²² lɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

冇牙佬飲湯——無齒下流

1. (Cantonese) to be vulgar and know no shame