bin1 daa2鞭打
Jyutpingbin1 daa2
Yalebīn dá
Definition
To whip, lash, or flog.
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How it's used
This term is primarily used in formal or literary contexts to describe physical punishment or historical accounts of cruelty. In everyday spoken Cantonese, people are much more likely to use descriptive verbs like 抽 or 打 to refer to hitting someone with an object, as 鞭打 sounds quite dramatic and severe.
Examples
He held the rope and whipped the floor, making a very loud sound.
Why are you using a belt to whip the dog?
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Common mistake
Learners often mistake this for a general word for hitting, but it specifically requires the motion of swinging a flexible object like a rope or whip. Do not use it for punching or kicking, as those actions do not involve the snapping motion characteristic of a lash.
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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.
