gaak3 sip3隔涉
Jyutpinggaak3 sip3
Yalegaak sip
Definition
Inaccessible and far away; describing a remote place with inconvenient transportation.
colloquialplacestransport
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the inconvenience of reaching a location rather than just the physical distance. It implies that the area is poorly served by public transport or is tucked away in a corner of the city. People often use it to complain about the difficulty of visiting friends who live in remote villages or industrial areas.
Examples
That place is very inaccessible, you have to transfer buses many times.
You live in such a remote place, how do you get to work?
Related words
Common phrases
a remote location
to live in an inaccessible place
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 遠, which simply means far. 隔涉 carries a negative connotation of being hard to access, whereas a place can be 遠 but still have direct transport links.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
