si6 daan6事旦
Jyutpingsi6 daan6
Yalesih daahn
Definition
Whatever; casual, careless, or lackadaisical about making a choice.
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How it's used
Often used to express indifference when someone is asked to make a choice, functioning like a shrug in verbal form. When describing a person or their attitude, it implies a lack of care, diligence, or standards, suggesting that the person is cutting corners or being sloppy.
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Do not confuse this with 隨便, which is more neutral and can mean 'at your convenience' or 'feel free'. Using 事旦 to describe someone's work ethic is quite critical and implies they are being unprofessional or lazy.
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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.
