jau1 lyut3優劣优劣
Jyutpingjau1 lyut3
Yaleyāu lyut
Definition
Good and bad; merits and demerits; strengths and weaknesses.
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How it's used
Used primarily in formal or analytical contexts to discuss the relative merits or quality of items, plans, or ideas. While it literally means good and bad, it functions more like the English term pros and cons or merits and demerits. It is rarely used in casual, everyday small talk about people or simple objects.
Examples
It is hard to compare the pros and cons of these two things.
What do you think are the pros and cons of this proposal?
Related words
Common phrases
distinction between good and bad
analyze the pros and cons
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe people in a casual setting, as it can sound overly clinical or judgmental. For comparing simple things, people usually prefer using 好處同壞處 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.
