Home
CantoDict HomeCantoDict Settings

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

問和尚借梳
  man6 wo4 soeng6*2 ze3 so1   jyutping
  wen4 he2 shang4 jie4 shu1   pinyin
hopeless (lit. ask a monk for a comb) [Var.][]: 問師姑攞梳

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
問和尚借梳 / 问和尚借梳

This word has been viewed 1819 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 28th Aug 2008 12:54 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
Output this word as a high resolution image
Add to vocab list:

Sponsors: One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Chinese Language | Spanish Language
Teaching in China | Learn Chinese in China | Learn Mandarin in China | Chinese School | Cantonese lessons in London

Characters in this word:

 man6  -  ask
 wo4 wo6 wu2  -  gentle; harmony; peace; draw; and; sum
 soeng6  -  still, yet; esteem
 ze3  -  borrow; lend
 so1  -  comb
This page shows, from top to bottom:
Script executed in 0.063522 secs
Rows returned from database=6
Donate to CantoDict
CantoDict v1.4.2 is a collaborative Chinese Dictionary project started in November 2003. Entries are added and mistakes corrected by a team of kind volunteers from around the world.
Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2024.