冇眼睇

Chinese

		not have (dialectal)	eye	look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think
trad. (冇眼睇)		冇	眼	睇
simp. #(冇眼睇)		冇	眼	睇
Literally: “to not have eyes to see; to have no eyes to watch with”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ ngaan⁵ tai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ ngaan⁵ tai²
    • Yale: móuh ngáahn tái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ ngaan⁵ tai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ ngan⁵ tei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ ŋaːn¹³ tʰɐi̯³⁵/

Phrase

冇眼睇

1. (Cantonese) to be unable to bear (the sight of) something anymore; to refuse to be involved further; to be disinclined to continue caring about

   我冇眼睇。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  ngo⁵ mou⁵ ngaan⁵ tai². [Jyutping]  ―  I can't stand it anymore.

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 沒眼看／没眼看
• (Teochew) 無目睇／无目睇

Descendants

• → English: no eye see (calque)