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冇mou5到dou3

mou5 dou3mǎo dàoinferred

English

  1. non-existent; not present, not here; usually used to describe someone doing something right in front of another person, thus ignoring his/her existence
  2. (figurative) think nothing of; completely disregard
  3. not showing up

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔存在,或者唔喺到、唔喺現場;通常攞嚟形容一個人喺另一個人面前做一啲佢唔鍾意嘅嘢,直接無視咗佢
  2. 引申為唔重視一啲嘢,完全唔將佢放喺眼內
  3. 冇嚟到、冇出現

Examples

  • 佢喺街度見到我都當我冇到。

    She ignored me even when she met me on the street.

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  • X

    X ----

  • 遲到好過冇到

    lateness is better than absence; (of arrival) better late than never

  • 喂,你喺我面前拖住個女仔算點先?當我冇到㗎?

    Excuse me, I'm like, right here. How dare you hold another girl's hand right in front of me? ----

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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