gwat6 duk1倔篤倔笃
Jyutpinggwat6 duk1
Yalegwaht dūk
Definition
Dead end; having no way through or closed at one end.
colloquialplacestransport
How it's used
Describes a physical path or street that ends abruptly without an exit. It is frequently used in casual directions to warn someone that they will have to turn back if they continue forward.
Examples
This road is a dead end, don't walk in there.
Is that a dead-end road up ahead?
Related words
Common phrases
dead-end road
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe abstract situations like a career or a conversation, as it is strictly used for physical geography and paths.
Grammar color guide
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Particle
Connector
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.
