juk1郁
Jyutpingjuk1
Yaleyūk
Definition
To move, shake, or fidget.
colloquialdaily actionsbody
How it's used
Focuses on the physical act of shifting position or making a slight motion rather than traveling from one location to another. It is frequently used in negative commands to tell someone to stay still. When used with reduplication, it emphasizes restless or repetitive movement.
Examples
Don't move, let me take a photo of you.
Related words
Common phrases
to start doing something or to strike someone
Common mistake
Do not use this to mean moving house or relocating to a new city, as that requires the word 搬.
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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.
