lin4 zuk6連續连续
Jyutpinglin4 zuk6
Yalelìhn juhk
Definition
Continuous, consecutive, or in a row; describing actions or states that happen without interruption.
colloquialdaily actionstime
How it's used
Used to emphasize that an action or state persists without interruption over a specific duration or count. It often pairs with a time duration or a number of occurrences to highlight the intensity or persistence of the event. Unlike formal written Chinese, it is frequently used in spoken Cantonese to describe personal habits or recent experiences.
Examples
He hasn't gone to work for three days in a row.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse it with 一直, but 連續 specifically requires a countable duration or frequency, such as three days or five times, whereas 一直 focuses on the ongoing nature of an action regardless of specific counts.
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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.
