leoi5 zik1累積累积
Jyutpingleoi5 zik1
Yaleléuih jīk
Definition
To accumulate; to gather, build up, or increase continuously over time.
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How it's used
Used primarily for abstract concepts like experience, wealth, or stress rather than physical objects. It carries a sense of gradual, steady growth over a significant period of time. In casual speech, people often prefer using 儲埋 or 儲落 when talking about saving up physical items or money.
Examples
They have accumulated a lot of experience.
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Common mistake
Avoid using this for small, everyday tasks like saving up coins or collecting stamps, as it sounds overly formal or academic in those contexts.
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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.
