gai3 daai3計帶计带
Jyutpinggai3 daai3
Yalegai daai
Definition
Sensitive, calculative, or highly money-minded.
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How it's used
Describes someone who is overly calculating or petty regarding financial matters. It carries a negative connotation, suggesting that the person lacks generosity or is excessively focused on small gains. It is specifically reserved for interpersonal dynamics where someone is perceived as stingy or overly transactional.
Examples
He is very money-minded; he even argues over a few dollars.
Do you really have to be so sensitive about money? We are friends after all.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the standard word 計算, which simply means to calculate. 計帶 is strictly used to describe a personality trait and should not be used to describe the act of doing math.
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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.
