九唔搭八

Chinese

		nine	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang; join; match; take passage	eight
simp. and trad. (九唔搭八)		九	唔	搭	八
Literally: “nine didn't join eight”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² m⁴ daap³ baat³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² m⁴ daap³ baat³
  - Yale: gáu m̀h daap baat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² m⁴ daap⁸ baat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² m⁴ dab³ bad³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ m̩²¹ tɑːp̚³ pɑːt̚³/

Adjective

九唔搭八

(colloquial, Cantonese) completely nonsensical or irrelevant

佢今日寫嗰啲嘢，乜嘢都九唔搭八。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
佢今日写𠮶啲嘢，乜嘢都九唔搭八。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
Keoi⁵ gam¹ jat⁶ se² go² di¹ je⁵, mat¹ je⁵ dou¹ gau² m⁴ daap³ baat³. [Jyutping]
Nothing he wrote today made sense.

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