gaa3 sai2駕駛驾驶
Jyutpinggaa3 sai2
Yalega sái
Definition
To drive, pilot, or sail a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft.
writtentransport
How it's used
Formal register makes this word sound like something you would read in a news report or see on an official document. In daily life, people almost exclusively use 開車 or 揸車 to talk about driving. Using 駕駛 in casual conversation can sound overly stiff or like you are reading from a manual.
Examples
After getting his license, he loves driving his car everywhere.
Do you know how to drive this type of automatic car?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often use 駕駛 in casual settings where it sounds unnatural, similar to using the word operate instead of drive in English. Stick to 揸車 for everyday speech.
Grammar color guide
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Classifier
Particle
Connector
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.
