hou2 dak1 zai6好得滯好得滞
Jyutpinghou2 dak1 zai6
Yalehóu dāk jaih
Definition
Too good; excessively good.
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How it's used
Expresses an excess of a quality that results in a negative outcome or a sense of being over the top. It functions as a complement of degree, placed directly after the adjective it modifies. While it literally translates to being good, it is frequently used with negative adjectives to mean too much of something bad.
Examples
This price is way too high, I'm not buying it.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with simply saying 好, which is neutral. Using 好得滯 implies that the degree has crossed a threshold into being problematic or undesirable.
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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.
