唔到 (m4 dou3) — absent in Cantonese
mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到Mandarin Pinyin: n2 dao4
Meaning of 唔到
nounabsent
Example Sentences with 唔到
我估唔到佢有幾高
I'm not able to guess his height.
估唔到會喺呢度見到你!
Fancy seeing you here!
佢睇緊書，但係我睇唔到嗰本書嘅名。
He/She is reading a book, but I can't see what it's called.
佢咁醜，梗係追唔到女仔啦!
He's so ugly, of course he can't get a girl(friend)!
咪郁啦!!你喺到郁嚟郁去我睇唔到前面呀。
Don't move!! I can't see the front when you keep moving.
Characters in 唔到
Words Containing 唔到
考唔到haau2 m4 dou2
fail an examination
打鑼都搵唔到daa2 lo4 dou1 wan2 m4 dou2
to be unable to find sb after making a big production of it
偷雞唔到蝕拃米tau1 gai1 m4 dou2 sit6 zaa1 mai5
偷雞唔到蝕揸米, 偷雞唔到蝕渣米
估唔到gu2 m4 dou3/dou2
synonym 諗唔到, 料不到, 點不知, 殊不知
招呼唔到ziu1 fu1 m4 dou3
招呼不周
勢諗唔到sai3 nam2 m4 dou2
variant of 勢估唔到
勢估唔到sai3 gu2 m4 dou2
I would have never guessed
偷雞唔到蝕揸米tau1 gai1 m4 dou2 sit6 zaa1 mai5
to go out for wool and come home shorn; to expend effort trying to gain a profit and end up with nothing but losses
錄唔到luk6 m4 dou2
can't record (as with a VCR)
到喉唔到肺dou3 hau4 m4 dou3 fai3
inadequate; not enough for the purpose (lit., "reaches the throat but not the lungs")
兩頭唔到岸loeng5 tau4 m4 dou3 ngon6
to be in a catch 22; to have two options both of which are bad
姣婆守唔到寡haau4 po4 sau2 m4 dou2 gwaa2
a sexually promiscuous woman can't remain a widow
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