sat1 hok6失學失学
Jyutpingsat1 hok6
Yalesāt hohk
Definition
Unable to go to school; deprived of the opportunity to study.
neutralschoolpeople
How it's used
Describes a situation where someone is forced to stop attending school, usually due to external circumstances like poverty or war. It carries a heavy, serious tone and is rarely used to describe someone who simply chooses to quit school for personal reasons. It is often found in news reports or formal discussions regarding social welfare.
Examples
He had to drop out of school because his family is poor, it is so sad.
Do you know how many children in that district are deprived of education?
Related words
Common phrases
lead to dropping out of school
children deprived of education
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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.
