bit6 goek3蹩腳蹩脚
Jyutpingbit6 goek3
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Definition
Crippled, poor quality, or awkward and rough.
- crippled; lame
- awkward, rough, or unfluent in skill or speech
- of bad or inferior quality
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How it's used
Primarily used to describe skills or craftsmanship that lack refinement or fluency. It carries a strong sense of amateurishness or poor execution rather than just being physically broken. While it can literally mean crippled, in modern conversation it is almost exclusively used metaphorically to criticize performance or quality.
Examples
The few sentences of Cantonese he speaks are very awkward.
The craftsmanship of this product is so shoddy, who would buy it?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 跛, which is the standard term for a physical limp or disability. Using 蹩腳 to describe a person with a physical injury can sound insensitive or derogatory.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
