dang2戥
Jyutpingdang2
Yaledáng
Definition
On behalf of; to feel a certain emotion for someone else.
colloquialemotionpeople
How it's used
Expresses empathy by projecting one's own emotional state onto another person's situation. It is almost exclusively used with positive emotions like happy or negative ones like feeling sorry or indignant for someone. It functions as a preposition that links the speaker's feeling to the person experiencing the event.
Examples
I am genuinely so happy for you that you won the award.
Related words
Common phrases
to be happy for someone
to feel indignant for someone
Common mistake
Do not use this to mean simply doing something on behalf of someone else, which is what 幫 or 替 are for. It specifically requires an emotional component, so you cannot say 戥你買嘢 for buying things for someone.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
