冇瓦遮頭 [－－－头]

Jyutping mou5 ngaa5 ze1 tau4
Pinyin mǎo wǎ zhē tóu

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. homeless (spoken)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    比喻​一個​人無家​可​歸​，​要​露宿​街頭
    to be homeless; to have no shelter; literally: no roof tiles to shade one's head
    • 我阿叔九七年破產之後，冇瓦遮頭，而家都仲係靠執紙皮維生。
      我阿叔九七年破产之后，冇瓦遮头，而家都仲系靠执纸皮维生。
      ngo5 aa3 suk1 gau2 cat1 nin4 po3 caan2 zi1 hau6, mou5 ngaa5 ze1 tau2, ji4 gaa1 dou1 zung6 hai6 kaau3 zap1 zi2 pei4 wai4 sang1.
      My uncle went bankrupt in '97 and has been homeless ever since, eking out a living by collecting cardboard.
  2. 反義詞
    有瓦遮頭
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Cantonese, figuratively
    to not have a place to live; to have no sheltered home
  2. verb, Cantonese, literary
    to have no roof; to be unroofed
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我阿叔九七年破产之后，冇瓦遮头，而家都仲系靠执纸皮维生。
    我阿叔九七年破產之後，冇瓦遮頭，而家都仲係靠執紙皮維生。
    ngo5 aa3 suk1 gau2 cat1 nin4 po3 caan2 zi1 hau6, mou5 ngaa5 ze1 tau2, ji4 gaa1 dou1 zung6 hai6 kaau3 zap1 zi2 pei4 wai4 sang1.
    • My uncle went bankrupt in '97 and has been homeless ever since, eking out a living by collecting cardboard.