laa4 laa2 seng1啦啦聲啦啦声
Jyutpinglaa4 laa2 seng1
Yalelàh lá sēng
Definition
Quickly, hurriedly, or immediately without delay.
colloquialdaily actions
How it's used
This adverbial phrase is used to urge someone to act with urgency or to describe someone who works at a fast pace. It carries a sense of impatience or high efficiency depending on the context. It is almost exclusively used in spoken Cantonese and sounds unnatural in formal writing.
Examples
He works very quickly and is very efficient.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often mistake this for a verb, but it functions as an adverb. It should not be used to describe the speed of an object moving, like a car, but rather the speed of a person performing an action.
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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.
