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Jyutpingcin4 hau6 goek3
Yalechìhn hauh geuk
Definition
Arriving at or leaving a place at different times, especially to avoid raising suspicion.
colloquialpeopledaily actions
How it's used
Focuses on the deliberate act of staggering arrivals or departures to avoid being seen together. While often used for romantic secrecy, it also applies to any situation where people want to avoid suspicion or unwanted attention, such as coworkers trying to hide a meeting from their boss.
Examples
They are very low-key about their dating, usually arriving and leaving separately.
Did you two arrive one after another?
Related words
Common phrases
arrive at work one after another
leave one after another
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
