Cantonese Dictionary

冇乜嘢

mou5 mat1 je5

Mandarin: mao3 mie1 ye3

Cantonese

nothing; have nothing; it's fine

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冇乜好死

mou5 mat1 hou2 sei2

Mandarin: mao3 mie1 hao3 si3

Cantonese

nothing left to worry about

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冇乜所謂

mou5 mat1 so2 wai6

Mandarin: mao3 mie1 suo3 wei4

Simplified: 冇乜所谓

Cantonese

does not matter much, not important

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冇乜料

mou5 mat1 liu6

Mandarin: mao3 mie1 liao4

Cantonese

to not get much information; to not have much materials; nothing much to report [colloquial]

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冇乜滯

mou5 mat1 zai6

Mandarin: mao3 mie1 zhi4

Simplified: 冇乜滞

Cantonese

nothing really left or remain

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冇乜點

mou5 me1 dim2

Mandarin: mao3 mie1 dian3

Simplified: 冇乜点

Cantonese

nothing special

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冇事

mou5 si6

Mandarin: mao3 shi4

Cantonese

all the same; alright; no problem

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冇交易

mou5 gaau1 jik6

Mandarin: mao3 jiao1 yi4

Cantonese

no sale; no deal

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冇人有

mou5 jan4 jau5

Mandarin: mao3 ren2 you3

Cantonese

nobody else has it, nobody else can compare with

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冇你份

mou5 nei5 fan2

Mandarin: mao3 ni3 fen4

Cantonese

you don't have a share; you haven't been included [colloquial]

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冇你咁好氣

mou5 nei5 gam3 hou2 hei3

Mandarin: mao3 ni3 gan1 hao3 qi4

Simplified: 冇你咁好气

Cantonese

fed up with you

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冇來由

mou5 loi4 jau4

Mandarin: mao3 lai2 you2

Simplified: 冇来由

Cantonese

unreasonable

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冇修

mou5 sau1

Mandarin: mao3 xiu1

Cantonese

no solutions or methods (spoken)

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冇兩句

mou5 loeng5 geoi3

Mandarin: mao3 liang3 ju4

Simplified: 冇两句

Cantonese

nothing worth talking about

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冇公德心

mou5 gung1 dak1 sam1

Mandarin: mao3 gong1 de2 xin1

Cantonese

incivism

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冇出息

mou5 ceot1 sik1

Mandarin: mao3 chu1 xi5

Cantonese

loser and unambitious; have no potential to rise

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冇分寸

mou5 fan1 cyun3

Mandarin: mao3 fen1cun5

Cantonese

to have no sense of propriety; to have no sense of knowing what is appropriate or what is the acceptable limits | boundaries; to overstep the mark [colloquial]

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冇厘心機

mou5 lei4 sam1 gei1

Mandarin: mao3 li2 xin1ji1

Simplified: 冇厘心机

Cantonese

to feel unmotivated; to feel dispirited [colloquial]

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冇厘搭霎

mou5 lei4 daap3 saap3

Mandarin: mao3 li2 da1 sha4

Cantonese

to refer somebody is lack of a sense of responsibility

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冇厘神氣

mou5 lei4 san4 hei3

Mandarin: mao3 li2 shen2 qi5

Simplified: 冇厘神气

Cantonese

to refer somebody is lack of energy

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冇口齒

mou5 hau2 ci2

Mandarin: mao3 kou3 chi3

Simplified: 冇口齿

Cantonese

(adjective) not trustworthy; (slang) to describe someone who breaks a promise

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冇可能

mou5 ho2 nang4

Mandarin: mao3 ke3neng2

Cantonese

impossible [colloquial]

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冇呢個人

mou5 ni1 go3 jan4

Cantonese

"no such person" (on telephone)

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冇呢支歌仔唱

mou5 ni1 zi1 go1 zai2 coeng3

Mandarin: mao3 ne5 zhi1 ge1 zai3 chang4

Cantonese

times have changed (especially when referring to something good that is no longer true or a method that no longer can be used due to the change of circumstances) [colloquial]

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冇味道

mou5 mei6 dou6

Cantonese

tasteless

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冇咁

mou5 gam3

Mandarin: mao3 gan1

Cantonese

not so [colloquial]

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冇咁好氣

mou5 gam3 hou2 hei3

Cantonese

to quit being involved with sth (lit., "no so good air")

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冇咁好氣

mou5 gam2 hou2 hei3

Mandarin: mao3 gan1 hao3 qi4

Simplified: 冇咁好气

Cantonese

to quit arguing with someone

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冇問題

mou5 man6 tai4

Mandarin: mei2 wen4 ti2

Simplified: 没问题

Cantonese

no problem (Cantonese)

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冇啖好食

mou5 daam6 hou2 sik6

Mandarin: mao3 dan4 hao3 shi2

Cantonese

to suffer difficult times; to struggle to make a living (literally 'nothing good to eat')

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