sam1 sik1心適
Jyutpingsam1 sik1
Yalesām sīk
Definition
Comfortable, at ease, and relaxed.
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How it's used
Focuses on a sense of mental ease or physical contentment rather than just physical luxury. It often describes a state of being at peace with one's surroundings or situation. While it can describe physical comfort, it is frequently used to express that something feels right or satisfying to the heart.
Examples
Are you comfortable living here?
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Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe physical comfort in a purely luxurious sense, as 舒服 is much more common for general physical comfort. Learners often confuse it with the Mandarin usage of similar characters, but in Cantonese, it carries a more specific nuance of emotional or mental satisfaction.
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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.
