gaan1 laai6奸賴奸赖
Jyutpinggaan1 laai6
Yalegāan laaih
Definition
Unwilling to admit defeat or failure, often using excuses to shirk responsibility.
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How it's used
Focuses on the act of making excuses or shifting blame to avoid admitting a loss or a mistake. It carries a sense of annoyance or disapproval, often used when someone is being a poor sport. It is specifically tied to situations where the outcome is clear, but the person refuses to acknowledge the reality.
Examples
Just admit you lost, don't be so stubborn and refuse to accept it.
Every time he loses at a game, he tries to wiggle out of it.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 狡猾, which refers to general craftiness or being sly. 奸賴 is specifically about the refusal to accept defeat or responsibility for a failure.
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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.
