jyun1 bang1 laan6 cau3冤崩爛臭冤崩烂臭
Jyutpingjyun1 bang1 laan6 cau3
Yaleyūn bāng laahn chau
Definition
Extremely smelly; stinking, describing a person's body.
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How it's used
This is an emphatic, colloquial intensifier used specifically to describe a pungent, offensive body odor. It carries a strong sense of disgust and is much more descriptive and visceral than simply saying 臭. It is almost exclusively reserved for human body smells rather than general bad odors like garbage or sewage.
Examples
You smell absolutely terrible, go take a shower quickly.
Who smells so incredibly foul? It is really unpleasant.
Related words
Common phrases
stinking all over one's body
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe inanimate objects or food, as it is specifically tied to the human body. Using it for something like a trash can sounds unnatural to native speakers.
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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.
