mou4 si6無視无视
Jyutpingmou4 si6
Yalemòuh sih
Definition
To ignore, disregard, or treat someone or something as if they did not exist.
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How it's used
Carries a stronger sense of deliberate exclusion compared to simply not noticing something. It implies a conscious choice to treat a person or a piece of information as irrelevant or non-existent. It is frequently used in interpersonal contexts to describe social snubbing or the refusal to acknowledge someone's presence.
Examples
He always ignores what I say, it's very rude.
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Common mistake
Avoid using this to mean simply not seeing or missing something by accident, such as failing to notice a sign on the road. For accidental oversight, use 睇唔到 instead.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
