gaa3 neoi5嫁女
Jyutpinggaa3 neoi5
Yalega néuih
Definition
To marry off one's daughter; for one's daughter to get married.
colloquialfamilydaily actions
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the perspective of the parents, particularly the father, rather than the bride herself. It carries a sense of traditional family responsibility and is often used in the context of planning or discussing the wedding banquet. While it describes the act of giving a daughter away in marriage, it is not used to describe the bride's own action of getting married.
Examples
Your daughter is all grown up now, when will you be marrying her off?
Her family is very happy because they are marrying off their daughter today.
Related words
Common phrases
to hold a wedding banquet for one's daughter
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe the bride's action of getting married, as that is simply 結婚. Using 嫁女 to describe the bride herself would sound like you are talking about her parents' business rather than her own life event.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
