haap6狎
Jyutpinghaap6
Yalehaahp
Definition
To be overly intimate or familiar with, or to treat with disrespect; to mock or dally with.
colloquialpeopledaily actions
How it's used
Primarily used in the sense of being physically or socially close, often implying an inappropriate or overly familiar relationship. It carries a slightly negative connotation, suggesting that the intimacy or association is undesirable or secretive. It is rarely used in formal writing and is mostly confined to specific regional dialects or older colloquial speech.
Examples
The two of them are always hanging out together intimately.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with the more common 黐, which is the standard way to describe sticking to or hanging out with someone. Using 狎 can sound overly dramatic or archaic in casual conversation.
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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.
