周身刀，冇張利

Chinese

		whole body	knife		not have (dialectal)	(classifier for knives)	sharp
trad. (周身刀，冇張利)		周身	刀	，	冇	張	利
simp. (周身刀，冇张利)		周身	刀	，	冇	张	利
Literally: “knives on the whole body, but none of them are sharp”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹ san¹ dou¹, mou⁵ zoeng¹ lei⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau¹ san¹ dou¹, mou⁵ zoeng¹ lei⁶
    • Yale: jāu sān dōu, móuh jēung leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹ san¹ dou¹, mou⁵ dzoeng¹ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹ sen¹ dou¹, mou⁵ zêng¹ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ mou̯¹³ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ lei̯²²/

Idiom

周身刀，冇張利

1. (Cantonese) jack of all trades, master of none

Synonyms

• 周身刀，冇把利