唔起

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (唔起)		唔	起
simp. ^#(唔起)		唔	起

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): m⁴ hei²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): m³ hei²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: m⁴ hei²
  - Yale: m̀h héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ héi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ hei̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: m³ hei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²² hei⁵⁵/

Particle

唔起

(used after verbs, Cantonese) cannot afford to
呢個醫生我睇唔起。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
呢个医生我睇唔起。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
ni¹ go³ ji¹ saang¹ ngo⁵ tai² m⁴ hei². [Jyutping]
I cannot afford to see this doctor.

呢層樓我買唔起。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
呢层楼我买唔起。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
ni¹ cang⁴ lau² ngo⁵ maai⁵ m⁴ hei². [Jyutping]
I cannot afford to buy this flat.

Related terms

唔住
(Mandarin) 不起 (bùqǐ)

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