mat1 dou1 dak1乜都得
Jyutpingmat1 dou1 dak1
Yalemāt dōu dāk
Definition
Anything is fine; to be able to do anything.
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How it's used
Conveys a sense of flexibility and lack of strong preference. It functions as a versatile predicate that signals agreement or compliance with a suggestion. When used to describe a person, it highlights their accommodating nature.
Examples
He is very easygoing, he is fine with anything.
Anything is fine for dinner tonight, you decide.
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Common mistake
Avoid using this to mean "capable of doing anything" in the sense of having unlimited skills or power. It almost exclusively describes a state of being agreeable or having no specific requirements.
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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.
