sau6 lok6受落
Jyutpingsau6 lok6
Yalesauh lohk
Definition
Popular, well-liked, or widely accepted and appreciated by others.
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How it's used
Focuses on whether someone finds a gesture, idea, or performance acceptable or pleasing. It is frequently used in professional or social contexts to describe how a suggestion or a change in policy is received by a group. Unlike simply being popular, it implies a sense of approval or willingness to accept something offered.
Examples
Everyone seems to quite like this new proposal.
Does he appreciate the joke you told?
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Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe physical objects or people in a general sense of popularity. It is specifically about the reception of an action, opinion, or offer.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
