bat1 saang1 sing3不生性
Jyutpingbat1 saang1 sing3
Yalebāt sāang sing
Definition
Immature, irresponsible, or thoughtless.
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How it's used
Describes someone who lacks the expected level of maturity or responsibility for their age. It is frequently used by parents or elders to express disappointment when a younger person fails to act sensibly or considerately. The term carries a strong sense of moral or behavioral expectation rather than just intellectual development.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with simply being young or inexperienced. It specifically implies a failure to meet social or family expectations of how one should behave at a certain stage of life.
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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.
