bat1 gai3 kei4 sou3不計其數不计其数
Jyutpingbat1 gai3 kei4 sou3
Yalebāt gai kèih sou
Definition
Countless; innumerable; too many to be counted.
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How it's used
Functions as a formal idiom that adds a sense of scale or emphasis to a large quantity. While it is widely understood, it is rarely used in casual, everyday speech compared to more common phrases like 好多 or 數唔晒. It is most frequently encountered in written reports, news, or formal speeches to describe vast numbers of people or things.
Examples
The styles of souvenirs here are countless.
Do you know how many countless worries this city has?
Related words
Common phrases
countless people
countless problems
Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use it as a direct substitute for any large number, but it carries a slightly literary or dramatic weight that can sound unnatural if used to describe mundane things like the number of apples in a basket.
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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.
