mui6 seoi2昧水
Jyutpingmui6 seoi2
Yalemuih séui
Definition
To dive under water.
colloquialdaily actionssports
How it's used
Refers specifically to the act of submerging oneself underwater, often used in the context of recreational swimming. It carries a slightly more informal or playful tone compared to the more standard term 潛水. It is frequently used when describing children playing in a pool or someone practicing their diving technique.
Examples
He really likes to go diving in the swimming pool.
Do you know how to dive?
Related words
Common phrases
learn to dive
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 潛水, which is also commonly used to mean disappearing from social media or group chats without notice. Using 昧水 in that metaphorical sense would sound unnatural.
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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.
