baau3 mun5爆滿爆满
Jyutpingbaau3 mun5
Yalebaau múhn
Definition
To be packed or filled to capacity; to have a full house.
colloquialplacesdaily actions
How it's used
Focuses on the physical limit of a space being reached, often implying that the capacity has been exceeded or pushed to the absolute maximum. While it frequently describes venues like cinemas or restaurants, it can also apply to abstract situations like a schedule or a list of participants. It carries a sense of intensity that simple words like 滿 do not convey.
Examples
The restaurant is packed tonight, there are no seats left.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe a person who has eaten too much, as that would be 飽. It is strictly for spaces or venues, not for human stomachs.
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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.
