gaak3 gaak3 bat1 jap6格格不入
Jyutpinggaak3 gaak3 bat1 jap6
Yalegaak gaak bāt yahp
Definition
Incompatible, out of place, or mismatched; unable to fit in or blend together.
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How it's used
Often used to describe social situations where someone feels like an outsider or a misfit in a specific group. It carries a sense of dissonance, implying that the elements involved are fundamentally different in nature or style. While it can apply to objects, it is most frequently used to describe human relationships or personality clashes.
Examples
Their personalities are completely incompatible, how can they be friends?
This shirt and these pants don't match at all, it looks really weird.
Related words
Common phrases
incompatible personalities
completely incompatible
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with simply being different or having a disagreement. It implies a deeper level of incompatibility where the two things physically or abstractly cannot coexist harmoniously.
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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.
