gaau1 fo2交火
Jyutpinggaau1 fo2
Yalegāau fó
Definition
To engage in a firefight or exchange gunfire.
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How it's used
Describes a direct armed confrontation between two opposing sides, typically involving police and criminals or military forces. It carries a serious, dramatic tone often found in news reports or action film descriptions. Unlike general words for fighting, it specifically implies the use of firearms.
Examples
The police are having a firefight with the thieves on the street.
Have the two sides already started a firefight?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe a simple argument or a physical fight without weapons, as it specifically denotes an exchange of gunfire.
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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.
