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粵語辭叢

冇手尾

mou5 sau2 mei5included in 5 dictionaries
廣州話俗語詞典: 1346CantonWord

Original phonetic: mou5 seo2 méi5

做事有头无尾,或者指人不爱收拾东西。

Examples

你做事就系冇手尾

你干活就是有头无尾

做完嘢都唔执拾啲工具,冇手尾

干完活也不收拾收拾工具,没有规矩

粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
01

形容做完嘅嘢冇收拾好 (to not tidy out after finishing)

形容詞

Examples

執返好你啲玩具喇,唔好咁冇手尾!

zap1 faan1 hou2 nei5 di1 wun6 geoi6 laa1, m4 hou2 gam3 mou5 sau2 mei5!

Tidy up your toys! Learn to put things away when you're done.

02

形容仲未做完啲嘢就放棄 (to give up before finishing)

Examples

佢咁冇手尾,睇怕份功課都唔使旨意做得完。

keoi5 gam3 mou5 sau2 mei5, tai2 paa3 fan6 gung1 fo3 dou1 m4 sai2 zi2 ji3 zou6 dak1 jyun4.

He/She always give up before finish the homework, seems the homework can never been done.

維基辭典YueWord

Original phonetic: /mou̯¹³ sɐu̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/

01

never finishing what one starts; irresponsible

02

never cleaning up after oneself; irresponsible

廣州方言詞典: 5688CantonWord

做事有頭無尾,留下“尾巴”不收拾乾凈

Examples

佢做野都~嘅

廣州話詞典(第2版): 6194CantonWord

Original phonetic: mou5 seo2 méi5

形容人做事有头无尾,或者做完一件事,不收拾东西

Examples

做完嘢要执齐啲工具,唔好咁~。

干完活儿要把工具收齐,不要丢三落(là)四的