jyun4 nim6懸念悬念

Jyutpingjyun4 nim6

Yaleyùhn nihm

名詞Uncommon

Definition

Suspense; extreme anticipation as to how a situation or story will develop.

neutralemotiondescriptions

How it's used

Often used in the context of sports, mystery novels, or plot twists to describe a situation where the outcome remains uncertain. It carries a sense of intellectual or emotional engagement rather than just simple anxiety. When something is described as 毫無懸念, it implies the result is so predictable that it has become boring or trivial.

Examples

tou3套hei3戲git3結guk6局hou2好jau5有jyun4懸nim6念，zan1真hai6係gu2估m4唔dou2到。

The movie ending is full of suspense, I really couldn't guess it.

le1呢coeng4場bei2比coi3賽zung6仲jau5有mou5冇jyun4懸nim6念aa4呀？

Is there still any suspense left in this match?

Common phrases

hou4毫mou4無jyun4懸nim6念

without any suspense

cung1充mun5滿jyun4懸nim6念

full of suspense

Common mistake

While it shares characters with Mandarin, Cantonese speakers often use the more colloquial 緊張 or 估唔到 to express the feeling of suspense in daily life. Using 懸念 in casual conversation can sometimes sound slightly formal or journalistic.