gaa1 si4加時加时
Jyutpinggaa1 si4
Yalegā sìh
Definition
Extra time or overtime in a sports match to determine a winner.
colloquialsports
How it's used
Primarily used in the context of competitive sports where a winner must be determined. It specifically refers to the additional period played after the regulation time has expired without a clear result. While it can be used as a verb, it is most commonly treated as a noun describing the phase of the game.
Examples
The match went into extra time and still ended in a draw.
Do you think tonight's match will go into extra time?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the term for working extra hours at a job, which is usually referred to as OT or 補鐘.
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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.
