caau2 hei2炒起
Jyutpingcaau2 hei2
Yalecháau héi
Definition
To beat up, fight, or attack someone.
colloquialpeopledaily actions
How it's used
Primarily used to describe a physical altercation or a heated confrontation between two parties. It carries a sense of suddenness or active engagement in a brawl. Unlike more formal terms for fighting, this implies a messy or chaotic situation rather than a structured or professional match.
Examples
The two of them got into a fight on the street.
Why did you get into a fight with someone for no reason?
Related words
Common phrases
to get into a fight with someone
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the common business slang 炒起 which means to inflate the price of something or to make a person suddenly famous or successful through media hype.
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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.
