jyu5 si4 keoi1 zeon3與時俱進与时俱进
Jyutpingjyu5 si4 keoi1 zeon3
Yaleyúh sìh kēui jeun
Definition
To advance with the times; to keep up with current trends.
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How it's used
This is a formal idiom often used in professional, academic, or political contexts to describe the necessity of modernization or updating one's mindset. While it is understood by all speakers, it sounds quite serious and is rarely used in casual, everyday conversation between friends. It carries a sense of strategic necessity rather than just personal change.
Examples
You must keep up with the times when doing business, otherwise you will be phased out quickly.
Do you think there is still room for this industry to keep up with the times?
Related words
Common phrases
to keep one's ideas up to date
technology advancing with the times
Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use this to describe personal habits or fashion choices, but it is better reserved for systems, policies, industries, or broad societal trends. Using it to describe a person's new haircut or a simple hobby sounds overly dramatic and unnatural.
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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.
