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mouˏ₅gam˗₃
Pinyin
mao3 gan1
Translations
noun
not so; not very; not that | [華] 沒有那麼 | Syn.: 唔係幾
noun
not so [colloquial]
waaˍ₆douˉ¹mouˏ₅gam˗₃faai˗₃
(话都冇咁快)
Pinyin
hua4 dou1 mao3 han2 kuai4
Translations
noun
quicker than words can tell
noun
說時遲,那時快
noun
before you can say knife; before you know it; at a snap of the fingers; in the twinkling of an eye
noun
so fast; before you know it; no sooner said than done
baiˊ²baiˍ₆douˉ¹mouˏ₅gam˗₃baiˍ₆
Pinyin
bi4 bi4 dou1 mao3 han2 bi4
Translations
noun
the worst case senario; the worst possible circumstances; nothing more terrible or lousy than
faat˗₃mungˍ₆mouˏ₅gamˊ²zouˊ²
(发梦冇咁早)
Pinyin
fa1 meng4 mao3 gan1 zao3
Translations
noun
too early for dreams (spoken)
gwaiˊ²daaˊ²douˉ¹mouˏ₅gam˗₃singˊ²
Pinyin
gui3 da3 dou1 mao3 gan1 xing3
Translations
noun
very clever, smart, ingenuity
mouˏ₅gam˗₃houˊ²hei˗₃
(冇咁好气)
Pinyin
mao3 han2 hao3 qi4
Translations
noun
to quit being involved with sth (lit., "no so good air")
noun
to quit arguing with someone
zanˉ¹zyuˉ¹douˉ¹mouˏ₅gam˗₃zanˉ¹
Pinyin
zhen1 zhu1 dou1 mao3 han2 zhen1
Translations
noun
it's definitely true (an emphatic reply to a question if something is really true or not)
noun
completely genuine or real (slang)
mouˏ₅gam˗₃daaiˍ₆go˗₃tauˎ₄zauˍ₆mˎ₄houˊ²daai˗₃gam˗₃daaiˍ₆dengˊ²mouˍ₆
(冇咁大个头就唔好带咁大顶帽)
Pinyin
mao3 gan1 da4 ge5tou2 jiu4 wu2 hao3 dai4 gan1 da4 ding3 mao4
Translations
noun
one can only spend as much as one can afford; one should not over stretch beyond their limits / power / abilities; to not bite off more than one can chew [colloquial]