se2捨舍
Jyutpingse2
Yalesé
Definition
To give up willingly, or to give alms.
- to give up; to part with; to abandon
- to give alms; to bestow charity
colloquialemotiondaily actions
How it's used
The character 捨 is primarily used in the compound 捨得, which describes the psychological willingness to part with something, whether it is money, time, or a person. It carries a sense of emotional attachment or reluctance that is absent in more neutral verbs like 畀. It is frequently used in questions to tease someone who is lingering or hesitating to leave a place.
Examples
Are you finally willing to go home yet?
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse 捨得 with 畀, but 捨得 focuses on the internal struggle or emotional readiness to let go, whereas 畀 simply means to give or pay. It is almost exclusively used in the negative form 唔捨得 to express missing someone or being reluctant to throw something away.
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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.
