daai6 ting4 gwong2 zung3大庭廣眾大庭广众
Jyutpingdaai6 ting4 gwong2 zung3
Yaledaaih tìhng gwóng jung
Definition
In public; a public place with a large crowd of people.
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How it's used
This idiom carries a strong sense of social impropriety or embarrassment. It is almost exclusively used to describe situations where someone is doing something that should be kept private, making it a common choice when criticizing rude or shameful behavior.
Examples
Please don't scream and shout in public.
They actually kissed each other in public.
Related words
Common phrases
in the middle of a public place
in front of the public
Common mistake
Learners often mistake this for a neutral way to say in public, but it implies a sense of exposure or lack of privacy that can feel quite dramatic. Avoid using it to describe mundane public activities like waiting for a bus or walking in a park.
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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.
