cin2 bok6淺薄浅薄
Jyutpingcin2 bok6
Yalechín bohk
Definition
Shallow, superficial, or lacking in knowledge and cultivation.
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How it's used
Focuses on a lack of depth in knowledge, character, or moral cultivation rather than physical depth. It carries a strong critical tone and is often used to dismiss someone's opinions or intellectual capacity. While it can describe a person, it is frequently applied to abstract concepts like ideas or arguments.
Examples
He is a very shallow person who only knows how to talk about money.
Do you think his insights are very shallow?
Related words
Common phrases
having limited and superficial knowledge
to have a shallow character
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 淺, which is a neutral adjective for shallow water or light colors. Using 淺薄 to describe a physical object like a bowl or a pool is incorrect and will sound unnatural.
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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.
