koeng5 hang4強行强行
Jyutpingkoeng5 hang4
Yalekéuhng hàhng
Definition
Forcibly or headstrong; doing something without others' consent.
colloquialdaily actionspeople
How it's used
Focuses on the lack of consent or the disregard for social boundaries when performing an action. It is often used to describe situations where someone ignores rules or another person's wishes to achieve their own goal. Unlike formal written Chinese, it carries a strong sense of disapproval or conflict in spoken Cantonese.
Examples
He forced his way into my room, it is really rude.
Why did you forcibly drag the child away?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 夾硬, which is the more common, informal way to express doing something against one's will or by force. While 強行 is acceptable in speech, 夾硬 feels much more natural in everyday casual conversation.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
