caau3 gwai6 tung2抄櫃桶抄柜桶
Jyutpingcaau3 gwai6 tung2
Yalechaau gwaih túng
Definition
To rummage through or search a drawer.
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How it's used
This phrase specifically implies a thorough or somewhat frantic search through the contents of a drawer, often when looking for something lost. It carries a slightly informal or even suspicious connotation, as if the person is rummaging through things that might be private. It is rarely used for a neat or organized search.
Examples
What are you doing searching through the drawer?
Related words
Common phrases
searching through the drawer to find something
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 抄寫, which means to copy or transcribe text. The character 抄 here functions as a verb meaning to rummage or search through, rather than its more common meaning of copying.
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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.
