baau2 wo4飽和饱和
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Yalebáau wòh
Definition
To be saturated, reaching a point where no more can be absorbed or accommodated.
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How it's used
Used primarily in formal or technical contexts like economics, chemistry, or business strategy. While it describes a state of being full, it carries a sense of reaching a limit where further growth or absorption is impossible. It is rarely used to describe physical hunger or being full from eating, for which Cantonese speakers prefer 飽.
Examples
The market is already completely saturated.
You still want to add people in, aren't you afraid of saturation?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 飽, which describes the feeling of having eaten enough food. Using 飽和 to describe a person who has finished a meal will sound unnatural and overly academic.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
