買棺材唔知埞

Chinese

		buy	coffin; 8 circle	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to know; to be aware
trad. (買棺材唔知埞)		買	棺材	唔	知	埞
simp. (买棺材唔知埞)		买	棺材	唔	知	埞
Literally: “don't know where to buy a coffin”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁵ gun¹ coi⁴ m⁴ zi¹ deng⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁵ gun¹ coi⁴ m⁴ zi¹ deng⁶
  - Yale: máaih gūn chòih m̀h jī dehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁵ gun¹ tsoi⁴ m⁴ dzi¹ deng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁵ gun¹ coi⁴ m⁴ ji¹ déng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯¹³ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ m̩²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ tɛːŋ²²/

Idiom

買棺材唔知埞

(Cantonese) to be unaware of risks; to fail to recognize the seriousness of a situation

Synonyms

不知死活 (bùzhīsǐhuó)
(Cantonese) 唔知死 (m⁴ zi¹ sei²)

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