gip6 goek3夾腳夹脚
Jyutpinggip6 goek3
Yalegihp geuk
Definition
Of shoes, too tight and pinching or digging into one's feet.
colloquialclothingbody
How it's used
Describes the specific physical discomfort of footwear pressing against the sides of the feet. It is commonly used when trying on new shoes or complaining about a poor fit. Unlike general terms for pain, this specifically highlights the squeezing sensation caused by narrow or rigid shoe construction.
Examples
These new shoes are so tight, they hurt after walking a few steps.
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the term for flip-flops, which is 夾腳拖. When used as a verb phrase, it describes the sensation of the shoe, not the action of the person wearing them.
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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.
