sing3 ming6 gaau1 gwaan1性命交關性命交关
Jyutpingsing3 ming6 gaau1 gwaan1
Yalesing mihng gāau gwāan
Definition
A matter of life and death; a critical situation affecting people's lives.
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How it's used
Carries a heavy, urgent tone often reserved for critical emergencies or high stakes decision making. It functions as an adjective phrase to describe situations where failure could lead to catastrophic consequences. Unlike more casual expressions of urgency, this implies a direct threat to human life or survival.
Examples
This matter is a life-or-death situation, you must help.
How can you mess around with such a life-or-death matter?
Related words
Common phrases
a matter of life and death
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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.
