lok6 coeng4落場落场
Definition
To participate in person, or for restaurant staff to take a break between lunch and dinner service.
- to participate in person; to play in a game
- slangto take a break between lunch and dinner shifts
How it's used
Primarily used in sports to mean entering the field of play, but it has expanded to include any situation where a person leaves a supervisory or remote position to get involved in the actual work. In the restaurant industry, it specifically refers to the mandatory break time between lunch and dinner shifts when the restaurant is closed to customers. It carries a sense of physical presence and active engagement compared to just giving orders from afar.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the restaurant industry usage where it refers to a break, as this can lead to confusion if you tell a teammate you are going to落場 when you actually mean you are going to take a nap.
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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.
