beng6 mut6病歿病殁
Jyutpingbeng6 mut6
Yalebehng muht
Definition
To die of illness or disease.
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How it's used
Formal tone makes this word sound quite detached and clinical, often appearing in written obituaries or news reports rather than casual conversation. Using it to describe someone you know personally can sound overly stiff or even cold, as most people prefer softer expressions like 過身 or 走咗.
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Avoid using this in everyday chat with friends or family, as it carries a heavy, literary weight that feels out of place in casual settings.
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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.
