ce1 waa4奢華奢华
Jyutpingce1 waa4
Yalechē wàh
Definition
Luxurious, extravagant, or highly lavish, often implying high cost.
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How it's used
Carries a strong connotation of excess and often implies a lack of practicality or a wasteful attitude toward money. While it describes high quality, it is frequently used to critique someone for showing off or spending beyond their means. It is distinct from the more neutral or positive term 豪華, which focuses on comfort and grandeur rather than the moral judgment of extravagance.
Examples
The hotel they are staying at is really luxurious.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe simple comfort or high-end quality that is considered reasonable, as it almost always implies that the spending is excessive or unnecessary.
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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.
