粵

冇mou5家gaa1教gaau3

mou5 gaa1 gaau3mǎo jiā jiào

English

  1. (adjective) ill-mannered; uncouth; to describe someone with vulgar behaviour (with the implication that his family did not raise or teach him well)
  2. to be badly behaved, to have bad manners

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指責對方家庭唔去教識某人一啲一般社交禮儀、社會規範等。

Examples

  • 同人講嘢記得要有禮貌,唔係因住俾人鬧你冇家教呀。

    You should be polite when talking to people. Otherwise, you might be blamed for having no manners.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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