牛頭唔搭馬嘴

Chinese
ox; cow; bull head; (noun suffix) hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not
 
build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang
build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang; join; match; take passage
 horse; surname mouth
trad. (牛頭唔搭馬嘴) 牛 頭 唔 搭 馬 嘴
simp. (牛头唔搭马嘴) 牛 头 唔 搭 马 嘴

Pronunciation

Idiom

牛頭唔搭馬嘴

  1. (Cantonese) the answer is totally irrelevant to the question; a square peg cannot fit into a round hole; to be beside the point

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 驢脣不對馬嘴 (“to be irrelevant or incongruous”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 驢脣不對馬嘴, 驢頭不對馬嘴, 牛頭不對馬嘴
Mandarin Luoyang 驢脣不對馬嘴
Yangzhou 六不答對
Cantonese Hong Kong 牛頭唔搭馬嘴
Hakka Meixian 話三唔話兩
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