ceot1 gaai1出街
Jyutpingceot1 gaai1
Yalechēut gāai
Definition
To go out; to leave the house, typically to go onto the streets.
colloquialdaily actionsplaces
How it's used
Refers specifically to leaving one's home for social or leisure activities rather than just stepping outside the door. It carries a sense of going out to meet people or run errands, making it the standard way to ask if someone is free to hang out. Using it implies a contrast with staying at home, which is often expressed as 喺屋企.
Examples
I'm so tired today, I don't want to go out.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using it to mean leaving a building like an office or a classroom, as it specifically implies leaving your residence. For leaving a workplace, use 走 or 放工 instead.
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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.
