ji4宜
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Definition
Suitable or appropriate.
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How it's used
While 宜 is a common morpheme in formal words like 適宜, its use as a standalone verb meaning to suit or fit is primarily found in specific contexts or as a shortened form of 啱宜. It often carries a slightly more descriptive or evaluative tone compared to the more common 啱. You will frequently encounter it in compound words rather than as a single-character verb in daily speech.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 宜家, which is a common way to write the word for now. In 宜家, the character 宜 is used for its sound rather than its meaning of suitability.
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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.
