Chinese
- {| style="clear: right;margin: 1em;border-collapse: collapse;text-align: center"
|-
!
!nine; 9
!hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not
!
build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang
build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang; join; match; take passage
!eight; 8
|-
!simp. and trad.
(九唔搭八)
| 九
| 唔
| 搭
| 八
|}
Adjective
九唔搭八
- (colloquial, Cantonese) completely nonsensical
-
-
佢今日寫嗰啲嘢,乜嘢都九唔搭八。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
-
佢今日写𠮶啲嘢,乜嘢都九唔搭八。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
-
Keoi5 gam1 jat6 se2 go2 di1 je5, mat1 je5 dou1gau2 m4 daap3 baat3. [Jyutping]
- Nothing he wrote today made sense.