鬼影都冇隻

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	not have (dialectal)	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single
trad. (鬼影都冇隻)		鬼	影	都	冇	隻
simp. (鬼影都冇只)		鬼	影	都	冇	只
Literally: “not even one single ghost's shadow is present”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² jing² dou¹ mou⁵ zek³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² jing² dou¹ mou⁵ zek³
    • Yale: gwái yíng dōu móuh jek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² jing² dou¹ mou⁵ dzek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² ying² dou¹ mou⁵ zég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ jɪŋ³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ mou̯¹³ t͡sɛːk̚³/

Idiom

鬼影都冇隻

1. (Cantonese) without people; empty; vacant; desolate