時運高，睇唔到
See also: 时运高，睇唔到
Chinese
luck; fortune high; tall look down upon; (Cant.) to look; to see; to look after; to thinkto not yet reach; to not yet arrive at trad. (時運高，睇唔到) 時運 高 ， 睇 唔到 simp. (时运高，睇唔到) 时运 高 ， 睇 唔到 Literally: “to be so lucky that one cannot see [it]”.
Etymology
The first part (時運高) is sarcastic or probably not related at all, just to make it rhyme.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: si4 wan6 gou1, tai2 m4 dou3-2
- Yale: sìh wahn gōu, tái m̀h dóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: si4 wan6 gou1, tai2 m4 dou3-2
- Guangdong Romanization: xi4 wen6 gou1, tei2 m4 dou2
- IPA (key): /siː²¹ wɐn²² kou̯⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯³⁵ m̩²¹ tou̯³³⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Phrase
時運高，睇唔到
- (Cantonese) not to be seeing something
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