dyut6奪夺
Jyutpingdyut6
Yaledyuht
Definition
To take by force, snatch, or seize.
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How it's used
This character is primarily a formal or literary morpheme and rarely stands alone in spoken Cantonese. It is almost always paired with other characters to form compound verbs like 奪去 or 奪走. In everyday speech, people prefer using 搶 or 攞走 to describe the act of taking something by force.
Examples
Why do you want to seize someone else's hard work?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use this as a direct synonym for 攞 which simply means to take or get. Using 奪 in casual conversation sounds overly dramatic or like a line from a period drama.
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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.
