沒起子

Chinese

		have not; drowned; to end have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate	bottle opener; screwdriver
trad. (沒起子)		沒	起子
simp. (没起子)		没	起子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi qǐzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ hei² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi qǐzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi cǐzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: mei² chʻi³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: méi chǐ-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei chii.tzy
    • Palladius: мэй цицзы (mɛj ciczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶ hei² zi²
    • Yale: muht héi jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ hei² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ héi² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² hei̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

沒起子

1. (Beijing Mandarin, colloquial, derogatory) to be useless, stupid, ambitionless, a good-for-nothing, etc.