jit6 leoi6熱淚热泪
Jyutpingjit6 leoi6
Yaleyiht leuih
Definition
Tears shed from strong emotions.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to tears shed due to intense feelings like being moved, touched, or overwhelmed, rather than physical pain or sadness alone. It carries a literary or dramatic weight, often appearing in news reports or formal storytelling rather than casual conversation. Using it to describe someone crying over a minor inconvenience would sound overly poetic or sarcastic.
Measure word
dik6滴dikhExamples
Seeing this scene, she couldn't help but shed tears of emotion.
Have you seen the tears of emotion in her eyes yet?
Related words
Common phrases
eyes brimming with tears of emotion
tears of emotion gushing out
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe crying from physical irritation, such as from chopping onions or getting dust in your eye, as it strictly implies an emotional origin.
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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.
