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Definition
To call, summon, or address someone to get their attention or presence.
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How it's used
While 喚 exists as a morpheme, it is rarely used as a standalone verb in modern spoken Cantonese. Most speakers prefer to use 嗌 or 叫 when they want to express the act of calling someone. It is mostly encountered in formal, literary, or compound terms like 召喚.
Examples
He called out a few times loudly, but no one answered him.
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Common mistake
Learners often try to use 喚 as a direct substitute for 叫 in daily conversation, which sounds overly formal or archaic to native speakers. Stick to 叫 for everyday requests or summoning someone.
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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.
