sing1勝胜
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Yalesīng
Definition
Entirely; completely; all.
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How it's used
Functions almost exclusively as a formal or literary adverb meaning completely or to the limit. It is rarely used in isolation in spoken Cantonese, appearing instead within fixed four character idioms. It carries a sense of exhaustion or reaching the absolute maximum capacity of something.
Examples
There are so many things here that they cannot be counted.
Their crimes are simply too numerous to mention.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the common verb 勝 meaning to win or to defeat. When used in the sense of all or completely, it is strictly restricted to specific literary phrases and will sound unnatural if used as a general substitute for all or every.
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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.
