冇手尾
Meanings
- to fail to see something through: a description for the act of neglecting or ignoring the proper completion of the matter; started off something, but did not finish it off properly; to not tidy up after oneself
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: mao3 shou3 wei3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
mou5 sau2 mei5
Cantonese word readings for 冇手尾. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
adj
- (Cantonese, Nanning Pinghua) never finishing what one starts; irresponsible
- (Cantonese, Nanning Pinghua) never cleaning up after oneself; irresponsible
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