gau3 meng6 aa3救命呀
Jyutpinggau3 meng6 aa3
Yalegau mehng a
Definition
Help!; a cry for help when in danger or distress.
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How it's used
Used primarily as an urgent exclamation during emergencies or life threatening situations. It is also frequently employed in casual, hyperbolic speech to express extreme frustration or being overwhelmed by a task, such as having too much work to finish.
Examples
Help! Someone fell into the water!
Related words
Common phrases
to shout for help
Common mistake
Avoid using this in non urgent situations where you simply need assistance with a minor task, as it sounds overly dramatic and alarming to others.
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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.
