jin6 sing4現成现成
Jyutpingjin6 sing4
Yaleyihn sìhng
Definition
Ready-made; available for immediate use.
colloquialdaily actionsfood
How it's used
Focus on the convenience of skipping a process, as it describes something already prepared for immediate use. It is frequently applied to food, but also extends to abstract concepts like ready-made excuses or pre-written templates. The term implies that the effort of creation has already been completed by someone else.
Examples
These are ready-made lunch boxes, just heat them up and they are ready to eat.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 方便, which means convenient. While something ready-made is usually convenient, 現成 specifically highlights the state of being finished and waiting to be used, rather than the ease of the process itself.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
