jat1 guk6一局
Jyutpingjat1 guk6
Yaleyāt guhk
Definition
A round or a game; a single session of a game or match.
colloquialsports
How it's used
Commonly used for competitive activities like card games, board games, or sports matches where the game is divided into distinct segments. It emphasizes the completion of a single discrete unit of play rather than the entire duration of a session.
Examples
Did you guys just lose a round?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this for a general 'game' in the sense of a hobby or activity, as that would be 遊戲. It specifically refers to a single instance or round of a match.
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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.
