gun3 zeoi3灌醉
Jyutpinggun3 zeoi3
Yalegun jeui
Definition
To force someone to drink alcohol until they get drunk; to make someone drunk.
colloquialdrinkdaily actions
How it's used
This verb carries a strong sense of coercion or persistent encouragement to drink beyond one's limit. It is frequently used in the context of weddings, parties, or business dinners where social pressure is applied to make someone intoxicated. Unlike simply drinking with someone, this implies a deliberate goal to incapacitate or loosen the target up.
Examples
They all got the birthday boy drunk.
Why are you forcing people to drink until they are drunk?
Related words
Common phrases
to get someone drunk
to be forced to get drunk by others
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with simply getting drunk yourself, which is 飲醉. The character 灌 implies the act of pouring or forcing liquid into someone, so it requires an object representing the person being targeted.
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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.
