粵

唸nim6口hau2簧wong4

nim6 hau2 wong4nim6 hau2 wong2niàn kǒu huáng

English

  1. to recite dully; to recite a text without understanding the meaning
  2. to repeat after someone or read out a long piece of text without caring about the meaning

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔理內容噉樣去跟人朗讀或讀出長篇文字語句

Examples

  • 你淨係喺度唸口簧,讀幾耐都唔會明。

    You're just reading out the text like a tape recorder. You won't get it no matter how much time you study.

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

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