唔知死
Chinese
| hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | to know; to be aware | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid | ||
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| trad. (唔知死) | 唔 | 知 | 死 | |
| simp. #(唔知死) | 唔 | 知 | 死 | |
| Literally: “to not know death”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: m4 zi1 sei2
- Yale: m̀h jī séi
- Cantonese Pinyin: m4 dzi1 sei2
- Guangdong Romanization: m4 ji1 séi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /m̩²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
唔知死
- (Cantonese) to be excessively negligent; to fail to recognize the seriousness of a situation