jat1 tau4 gaa1一頭家一头家
Jyutpingjat1 tau4 gaa1
Yaleyāt tàuh gā
Definition
A family, household, or home.
colloquialfamilyhome
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the collective responsibility and the physical or emotional unit of a household rather than just the people within it. It is frequently used in the context of someone working hard to provide for their relatives or maintaining the stability of the home. The imagery suggests a singular, unified entity that requires effort to keep together.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
She supports the whole family by herself, it is really hard.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this to refer to a family as a group of individuals in a casual sense, such as when introducing your parents or siblings. It carries a weight of duty and domestic management, so it sounds strange if used to describe a simple social gathering or a group of friends.
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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.
