daa2 gaau2打攪打搅
Jyutpingdaa2 gaau2
Yaledá gáau
Definition
To disturb or trouble someone, used as a polite expression when asking for help or visiting.
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How it's used
Use this expression primarily when you are asking for a favor or visiting someone's home. It functions as a polite social lubricant to acknowledge that your presence or request might be an inconvenience. Adding 晒 at the end emphasizes the sense of apology for the entire duration of the interaction.
Examples
Sorry for bothering you for so long.
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Common mistake
Do not use this to describe someone being genuinely annoying or aggressive, as it is strictly a humble term for self-deprecation. If you want to describe someone else being a nuisance, use 騷擾 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.
