ceoi1 leoi6催淚催泪
Jyutpingceoi1 leoi6
Yalechēui leuih
Definition
Tear-jerking; emotional, moving, and making one cry.
colloquialdescriptionsemotion
How it's used
This term is almost exclusively used to describe media like movies, dramas, or books that are designed to evoke strong emotional responses. It functions as an adjective to characterize the content rather than the person feeling the emotion. It carries a slightly more modern, critical tone compared to simply saying a story is sad.
Examples
The movie is so tear-jerking, it made my eyes wet.
Do you think this drama is tear-jerking?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe a person who is crying or a sad situation in real life, as it specifically refers to the artistic intent of media to make an audience weep.
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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.
