fu1 kit3枯竭
Jyutpingfu1 kit3
Yalefū kit
Definition
To dry up, drain, or be completely used up, especially of water resources or energy.
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How it's used
Used primarily for abstract concepts like resources, energy, or inspiration rather than literal puddles of water. It carries a formal or literary tone, often appearing in news reports or serious discussions about environmental or economic issues. When describing literal water drying up in casual speech, speakers prefer using 乾晒 instead.
Examples
The water source here has completely dried up.
Do you feel like you have run out of inspiration?
Related words
Common phrases
depletion of resources
running out of inspiration
Common mistake
Learners often use this for physical objects that are empty, such as a bottle or a wallet, but it is incorrect in those contexts. Use 冇晒 for general depletion of physical items.
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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.
