bat1 dik6不敵不敌
Jyutpingbat1 dik6
Yalebāt dihk
Definition
To be defeated; to lose to someone or be unable to match an opponent.
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How it's used
Primarily used in sports reporting or formal news contexts to describe a loss in a competition. While it functions as a verb, it carries a slightly more literary or journalistic tone than the everyday spoken phrase 輸咗. It implies a direct confrontation where one side fails to overcome the other.
Examples
They were defeated by their opponents in the end of this match.
Do you think he will lose to the other side?
Related words
Common phrases
suffered a crushing defeat
eventually defeated
Common mistake
Avoid using this in casual conversation when talking about losing a game with friends, as it sounds overly formal or like a newspaper headline. Use 輸咗 or 打唔贏 instead for daily speech.
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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.
