見牙唔見眼

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	tooth; ivory	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	eye
trad. (見牙唔見眼)		見	牙	唔	見	眼
simp. (见牙唔见眼)		见	牙	唔	见	眼
Literally: “to see the teeth but not the eyes”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ ngaa⁴ m⁴ gin³ ngaan⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ ngaa⁴ m⁴ gin³ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: gin ngàh m̀h gin ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ ngaa⁴ m⁴ gin³ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ nga⁴ m⁴ gin³ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ ŋaː²¹ m̩²¹ kiːn³³ ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

見牙唔見眼

1. (Cantonese) grinning broadly