geoi6 daai6巨大
Jyutpinggeoi6 daai6
Yalegeuih daaih
Definition
Huge, tremendous, or gigantic; extremely large in scale or severity.
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How it's used
Formal in tone, this word is primarily encountered in news reports, academic writing, or professional settings rather than casual conversation. While it translates to huge, it is specifically reserved for abstract concepts like pressure, economic impact, or structural scale. For physical objects that are simply large, native speakers almost always prefer using 好大 instead.
Examples
The investment amount for this project is huge.
They are facing tremendous pressure.
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Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe everyday physical objects like a big house or a big dog, as it sounds unnaturally stiff and overly dramatic in those contexts.
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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.
