mou5 hei3冇氣冇气
Jyutpingmou5 hei3
Yalemóuh hei
Definition
To lack the mood, energy, or patience to do something.
colloquialemotiondaily actions
How it's used
Expresses a lack of both mental desire and physical energy to perform an action. It often implies that the speaker finds a situation tiresome or frustrating, making it a common way to shut down a conversation or decline a request. While it literally references breath, it is rarely used to describe literal exhaustion from exercise, focusing instead on the psychological state of being fed up.
Examples
He is so annoying, I really am not in the mood to deal with him.
Do you still have the energy to go hiking?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 冇力, which specifically refers to physical weakness or lack of strength. 冇氣 is more about the lack of patience or interest to engage with something.
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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.
