paai4 guk6牌局
Jyutpingpaai4 guk6
Yalepàaih guhk
Definition
A game or round of mahjong, cards, or other tile and card games.
colloquialdaily actions
How it's used
Refers specifically to the social event or the session of playing games like mahjong or poker. It implies a gathering of people rather than just the act of playing cards itself. You will often hear it used when someone is being invited to join or when someone is explaining why they are busy.
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coeng4場chèunghExamples
Is there a game tonight?
They played a game all night long.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the act of playing cards, which is usually expressed as 打牌. Using 牌局 to mean the physical cards themselves is incorrect.
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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.
