人唔笑，狗都吠

Chinese

		man; person; people	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	laugh; smile		dog	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	to bark
trad. (人唔笑，狗都吠)		人	唔	笑	，	狗	都	吠
simp. #(人唔笑，狗都吠)		人	唔	笑	，	狗	都	吠

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ m⁴ siu³, gau² dou¹ fai⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ m⁴ siu³, gau² dou¹ fai⁶
    • Yale: yàhn m̀h siu, gáu dōu faih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ m⁴ siu³, gau² dou¹ fai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ m⁴ xiu³, geo² dou¹ fei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ m̩²¹ siːu̯³³ kɐu̯³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ fɐi̯²²/

Idiom

人唔笑，狗都吠

1. (Cantonese, colloquial) to be laughable; to be ludicrous