唔起

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to rise; to raise; to get up
simp. and trad. (唔起)		唔	起

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ hei²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: m⁴ hei²
  - Yale: m̀h héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ héi²
  - IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ hei̯³⁵/

Particle

唔起

(used after verbs, Cantonese) cannot afford to

呢個醫生我睇唔起。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
呢个医生我睇唔起。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
Ni¹ go³ ji¹ saang¹ ngo⁵ tai² m⁴ hei². [Jyutping]
I cannot afford to see this doctor.

呢層樓我買唔起。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
呢层楼我买唔起。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
Ni¹ cang⁴ lau² ngo⁵ maai⁵ m⁴ hei². [Jyutping]
I cannot afford to buy this flat.

Related terms

唔住
(Mandarin) 不起 (bùqǐ)

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