gang3 gaa1更加
Jyutpinggang3 gaa1
Yalegang gā
Definition
Even more; to a greater degree.
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How it's used
Functions as an intensifier to highlight an increase in degree or intensity compared to a previous state. It is frequently used in comparative structures to emphasize that a quality or situation has escalated. Unlike some other intensifiers, it carries a sense of progression or ongoing development.
Examples
The food at this restaurant is even better.
If you work even harder, your salary will increase.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse it with 更, which is more common in formal written Chinese. In spoken Cantonese, it is perfectly acceptable to use 更加, but speakers often omit it entirely or use 更加多 to emphasize quantity.
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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.
