si1 saat3廝殺厮杀
Jyutpingsi1 saat3
Yalesī saat
Definition
To fight hand-to-hand to the death, or a deadly close-quarters fight.
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How it's used
This term carries a heavy, dramatic tone often associated with historical warfare or intense, life-or-death conflicts. It is rarely used in casual daily conversation unless one is being hyperbolic about a competitive situation. It implies a chaotic, brutal, and intimate form of combat rather than a simple argument or a formal duel.
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coeng4場chèunghExamples
They started a fierce, deadly fight on the street.
Have you ever seen two groups of people fighting to the death?
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Common mistake
Learners often mistake this for a general word for fighting, but it specifically implies a high level of violence and lethality. Do not use it to describe a common fistfight or a verbal disagreement.
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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.
