腦囟都未生埋
Chinese
| fontanelle | metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already |
not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m. | to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
to blame; bury | ||
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| trad. (腦囟都未生埋) | 腦囟 | 都 | 未 | 生 | 埋 | |
| simp. (脑囟都未生埋) | 脑囟 | 都 | 未 | 生 | 埋 | |
| alternative forms | 腦筍都未生埋/脑笋都未生埋 | |||||
| Literally: “The fontanelle has not yet closed.” | ||||||
Alternative forms
- 腦囟未生埋 / 脑囟未生埋
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: nou5 seon3-2 dou1 mei6 saang1 maai4
- Yale: nóuh séun dōu meih sāang màaih
- Cantonese Pinyin: nou5 soen3-2 dou1 mei6 saang1 maai4
- Guangdong Romanization: nou5 sên3-2 dou1 méi6 sang1 mai4
- Sinological IPA (key): /nou̯¹³ sɵn³³⁻³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ mei̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ maːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
腦囟都未生埋
- (Cantonese, derogatory) to be immature; to be naive and childish