gun2 jung6管用

Jyutpinggun2 jung6

Yalegún yuhng

形容詞Uncommon

Definition

Useful; effective; yielding the desired results.

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How it's used

Although often used in spoken Cantonese, this term is borrowed from Northern Chinese and carries a slightly more formal or emphatic tone than the more common 有用. It is frequently used when evaluating whether a specific strategy, advice, or tool successfully solves a problem. You will often hear it in questions or negative constructions to express doubt about a solution's efficacy.

Examples

ni1呢go3個fong1方faat3法dou3到dai2底gun2管m4唔gun2管jung6用㗎？

Is this method actually effective or not?

si3試gwo3過hou2好do1多fong1方faat3法，dou1都hai6係le1呢ziu1招zeoi3最gun2管jung6用。

I have tried many methods, and this trick is the most effective.

Common phrases

m4唔gun2管jung6用

not effective

hou2好gun2管jung6用

very effective

Common mistake

Learners often mistake it for a verb meaning to manage or supervise, which is the meaning of the character 管 in other contexts. Remember that in this specific compound, it functions strictly as an adjective describing the effectiveness of something.