seoi4誰谁

Jyutpingseoi4

Yalesèuih

代詞Very common

Definition

Who; whom; whoever; anyone.

colloquialpeoplecommunication

How it's used

Native speakers almost exclusively use 邊個 in spoken Cantonese instead of the literary 誰. Using 誰 in casual conversation sounds overly dramatic or like a line from a period drama. It functions as both an interrogative pronoun and a relative pronoun, similar to how who works in English.

Common phrases

bin1邊go3個bin1邊go3個

so-and-so

m4唔zi1知bin1邊go3個

don't know who

Common mistake

Beginners often mistakenly use 誰 because it appears in textbooks or written Chinese, but it is effectively absent from natural spoken Hong Kong Cantonese. Stick to 邊個 to sound authentic.