人唔似人，鬼唔似鬼

人唔似人，鬼唔似鬼

Chinese

		man; person; people	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble	man; person; people		ghost; sly; crafty	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble	ghost; sly; crafty
simp. and trad. (人唔似人，鬼唔似鬼)		人	唔	似	人	，	鬼	唔	似	鬼
Literally: “(A place or circumstance where) people do not resemble people, and ghosts do not resemble ghosts”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ m⁴ ci⁵ jan⁴, gwai² m⁴ ci⁵ gwai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ m⁴ ci⁵ jan⁴, gwai² m⁴ ci⁵ gwai²
    • Yale: yàhn m̀h chíh yàhn, gwái m̀h chíh gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ m⁴ tsi⁵ jan⁴, gwai² m⁴ tsi⁵ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ m⁴ qi⁵ yen⁴, guei² m⁴ qi⁵ guei²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ m̩²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ jɐn²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵ m̩²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

人唔似人，鬼唔似鬼

1. (Cantonese) pure misery
2. (Cantonese) ghastly

Synonyms

• 人不像人，鬼不像鬼 (rén bù xiàng rén, guǐ bù xiàng guǐ)