gwong1 waat6光滑
Jyutpinggwong1 waat6
Yalegwōng waaht
Definition
Smooth, glossy, and sleek.
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How it's used
Focuses specifically on the visual and tactile quality of being both smooth and shiny. While it describes surfaces like glass or polished wood, it is also frequently used to compliment someone's skin texture. It implies a high degree of refinement or care, distinguishing it from simply being flat.
Examples
Your facial skin is so smooth, what skincare products do you use?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe abstract concepts like a smooth process or a smooth ride, as those contexts require words like 順利 or 暢順 instead.
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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.
