唔識

唔識

See also: 唔识

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to record; write a footnote; to know to record; write a footnote; to know; knowledge
trad. (唔識)		唔	識
simp. (唔识)		唔	识

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ sik¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: m̀h sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ xig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ sɪk̚⁵/

Verb

唔識

(Cantonese)

1. do not know something, can't do (lack of knowledge)

   我唔識講廣東話。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   我唔识讲广东话。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   Ngo⁵ m⁴ sik¹ gong² gwong² dung¹ waa^6-2. [Jyutping]

   I don't speak Cantonese.

2. do not know something (never seen before)

   我唔識佢。 / 我唔识佢。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  Ngo⁵ m⁴ sik¹ keoi⁵. [Jyutping]  ―  I don't know him.

3. (by extension) be very poor at doing something

Synonyms

• 不會／不会 (bùhuì)
• 不懂 (bùdǒng)