daan2 hoi1彈開弹开
Jyutpingdaan2 hoi1
Yaledáan hōi
Definition
To step back, stay away, or clear off quickly to avoid something.
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How it's used
This phrase carries a strong sense of sudden, physical repulsion or rejection. It is often used to describe someone recoiling from something dirty, dangerous, or unwanted, or as a blunt command to someone to get out of one's personal space. The tone is usually impatient or dismissive.
Examples
Move away, get out of the way and don't block me.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe simply walking away or leaving a place, as it specifically implies a sudden, reflexive, or forceful movement away from a specific point or person.
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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.
