daai6 daai6大大
Jyutpingdaai6 daai6
Yaledaaih daaih
Definition
Greatly, enormously, or to a high degree.
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How it's used
Use this adverb to emphasize a significant change or impact, often in contexts involving growth, improvement, or decline. It carries a sense of magnitude that makes it more emphatic than simply using 好. It is frequently paired with verbs relating to change, such as 增加, 減少, 改善, or 影響.
Examples
This decision greatly improved the company's efficiency.
Will doing it this way significantly increase the risk?
Related words
Common phrases
greatly increase
greatly improve
greatly affect
Common mistake
Avoid using it to describe physical size, as it functions strictly as an adverb of degree. Do not confuse it with the reduplicated adjective 大大嘅, which means very big or huge.
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Grammar guides
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- Modal verbsHow to say can, will, may, should, must, and want. The core modal verbs of Cantonese and the differences that trip up beginners.
