sik6 jyun4食完
Jyutpingsik6 jyun4
Yalesihk yùhn
Definition
To finish eating.
colloquialfooddaily actions
How it's used
The suffix 完 acts as a resultative complement indicating the completion of an action. It is extremely versatile and can be attached to almost any verb to signify that the action has been fully carried out. When used with food, it implies the plate or bowl is empty.
Examples
Have you finished your meal yet?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use 完 after a noun, but it must follow a verb. You cannot say 飯完 to mean finished rice, as it must be 食完飯 or 飯食完.
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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.
