gaa3 gai1 ceoi4 gai1嫁雞隨雞嫁鸡随鸡
Jyutpinggaa3 gai1 ceoi4 gai1
Yalega gāi chèuih gāi
Definition
A wife should follow her husband, for better or for worse.
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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.
