要靚唔要命

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	beautiful; pretty	to not want	life; fate
trad. (要靚唔要命)		要	靚	唔要	命
simp. (要靓唔要命)		要	靓	唔要	命

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ leng³ m⁴ jiu³ meng⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ leng³ m⁴ jiu³ meng⁶
  - Yale: yiu leng m̀h yiu mehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ leng³ m⁴ jiu³ meng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ léng³ m⁴ yiu³ méng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ lɛːŋ³³ m̩²¹ jiːu̯³³ mɛːŋ²²/

Phrase

要靚唔要命

(Cantonese) to be fashionable rather than comfortable; to wear little on a cold day to look attractive

Synonyms

要風度不要溫度／要风度不要温度 (yào fēngdù bùyào wēndù)

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