冇得救

Chinese

cannot; to be unable to save; to assist; to rescue
trad. (冇得救) 冇得 救
simp. #(冇得救) 冇得 救

Pronunciation

Adjective

冇得救 (Cantonese)

  1. (literal and figurative) beyond the point of help
    你真係冇得救。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    你真系冇得救。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 zan1 hai6 mou5 dak1 gau3. [Jyutping]
    You're hopeless.

Synonyms

  • 沒救／没救
Dialectal synonyms of 不可救藥 (“incurable; beyond cure; beyond help”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 不可救藥, 無可救藥, 無藥可救
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 無藥可救
Singapore 無藥可救
Cantonese Hong Kong 無藥可救, 冇得救, 冇藥醫
Hakka Meixian 無救
Southern Min Xiamen 無藥醫, 無醫
Quanzhou 無醫
Zhangzhou 無醫
Tainan 無藥醫, 無醫
Jieyang 無救泅
Leizhou 無藥醫
Wu Shanghai 嘸藥醫
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