gik1 fan5激憤激愤
Jyutpinggik1 fan5
Yalegīk fáhn
Definition
Extreme anger or indignation triggered by an external stimulus; wrath.
neutralemotion
How it's used
Expresses a high level of indignation often directed at social injustices or public events rather than personal petty grievances. It carries a formal weight that makes it sound slightly more literary or journalistic than everyday conversational terms like 嬲. Use it when describing a collective emotional response to something perceived as morally wrong.
Examples
His words really make people feel outraged.
How could people not be outraged by what happened in society?
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Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe simple personal annoyance or being upset with a friend, as it implies a much deeper, more righteous sense of fury. For minor anger, stick to 嬲 or 唔開心.
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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.
