gik1 lit6激烈
Jyutpinggik1 lit6
Yalegīk liht
Definition
Intense, fierce, and highly competitive.
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How it's used
Focuses on high energy and rapid, often confrontational, movement or interaction. It is frequently applied to competitive sports, heated arguments, or rapid changes in market conditions. Unlike some other adjectives, it implies a sense of urgency and high stakes that keeps participants on edge.
Examples
They are arguing very fiercely, don't go in there yet.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe physical pain or a person's personality, as it specifically describes the nature of an event or interaction rather than a state of being.
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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.
