baa6 gaau3罷教罢教
Jyutpingbaa6 gaau3
Yalebah gaau
Definition
Teachers' strike; to refuse to teach as a form of protest.
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How it's used
This term is specifically reserved for industrial action taken by educators. It carries a more formal tone compared to the general term 罷工, which applies to any worker strike. You will mostly encounter this in news reports or discussions regarding labor rights in the education sector.
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The union says they will launch a teachers' strike tomorrow.
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Common phrases
to initiate a teachers' strike
to participate in a teachers' strike
Common mistake
Do not use this for general labor strikes, as it is strictly limited to the teaching profession. Using it for other types of workers will sound confusing or incorrect to native speakers.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
