cok3擉
Jyutpingcok3
Yalechok
Definition
To pierce or stab.
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How it's used
Focuses on the physical action of using a pointed object to penetrate or jab something. It is often used in the context of accidental injury, such as pricking a finger or getting poked by a sharp corner. Unlike the more formal 刺, this term carries a visceral, tactile sense of the sharp point making contact.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 戳, which is more common in Mandarin and often implies a more forceful or deliberate stabbing motion. In Cantonese, 擉 is the preferred term for everyday accidental pricking or poking.
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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.
