ngaang6 gwak6 gwak6硬榾榾
Jyutpingngaang6 gwak6 gwak6
Yalengaahng gwahk gwahk
Definition
Very hard, stiff, or rigid.
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How it's used
Focuses specifically on the physical texture of objects that have become unpleasantly or unexpectedly rigid. It is often used to describe food that has gone stale or been overcooked, emphasizing a lack of desired softness or elasticity. The reduplication adds an emphatic quality that suggests the hardness is extreme or stubborn.
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Avoid using this to describe abstract concepts like a hard task or a difficult personality, as it is strictly reserved for physical objects and textures.
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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.
