ging6 mun6勁悶劲闷
Jyutpingging6 mun6
Yalegihng muhn
Definition
Extremely boring or tedious.
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How it's used
Using 勁 as an intensifier is extremely common in spoken Cantonese to emphasize an adjective. It carries a slightly more casual and emphatic tone than just saying 好. It is versatile enough to be used for both positive and negative descriptions, though it is particularly frequent when complaining about something tedious.
Examples
Do you think this seminar is really boring?
Common phrases
a very boring activity
Common mistake
Do not confuse 勁悶 with 悶親, which specifically describes the state of feeling bored or having been made bored by someone else. 勁悶 describes the quality of the activity or object itself.
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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.
