caan4 fai3殘廢残废
Jyutpingcaan4 fai3
Yalechàahn fai
Definition
Physically handicapped or disabled.
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How it's used
Using this term to describe someone with a physical disability is considered highly offensive and derogatory in modern society. It is frequently employed in casual speech as a hyperbolic insult to mock someone who is being overly dependent, lazy, or incapable of performing simple tasks for themselves.
Examples
His leg is injured, he walks like a handicapped person.
Don't be so lazy all the time, making yourself look like a useless person.
Related words
Common phrases
spoon-fed meal
Common mistake
Avoid using this word in any professional or polite context, as it carries a strong stigma and is viewed as ableist language. It is strictly reserved for informal, often aggressive, or self-deprecating banter among close friends.
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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.
