阿媽係女人 [－妈系－－]

Jyutping aa3 maa1 hai6 neoi5 jan4
Pinyin ā mā xì nǚ rén

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, Cantonese, idiomatic, sarcastic
    water is wet; something obvious

阿媽係女人 [－妈系－－]

Jyutping aa3 maa1 hai6 neoi5 jan2
Pinyin ā mā xì nǚ rén

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    比喻​為​一​啲​好​明顯​、​係​人​都​知​嘅​嘢​；​攞​嚟​窒​人​講​廢​話
    'mums are women', i.e. something trivially true, something everybody knows; used to imply satirically that someone is stating the painfully obvious
    • 鬼唔知你阿媽係女人！
      鬼唔知你阿妈系女人！
      gwai2 m4 zi1 nei5 aa3 maa1 hai6 neoi5 jan2!
      Oh, come on, who doesn't know that? (literally 'Ghosts don't know your mum is a woman!')
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    鬼唔知阿妈系女人咩！
    鬼唔知阿媽係女人咩！
    gwai2 m4 zi1 aa3 maa1 hai6 neoi5 jan2 me1!
    • Oh, come on, who doesn't know that? (literally 'Ghosts don't know your mum is a woman!')
  2. Cantonese
    阿妈系女人
    阿媽係女人
    aa3 maa1 hai6 neoi5 jan2
    • 'mums are women', i.e. something trivially true, something everybody knows
  3. Cantonese
    鬼唔知你阿妈系女人！
    鬼唔知你阿媽係女人！
    gwai2 m4 zi1 nei5 aa3 maa1 hai6 neoi5 jan2!
    • Oh, come on, who doesn't know that? (literally 'Ghosts don't know your mum is a woman!')