siu3 hau2 jam4 jam4笑口吟吟
Jyutpingsiu3 hau2 jam4 jam4
Yalesiu háu yàhm yàhm
Definition
Smiling or grinning happily
colloquialdescriptionsemotion
How it's used
Describes a warm, genuine, and visible expression of happiness that radiates from a person's face. It is often used to describe someone who has a naturally cheerful disposition or is currently in a very good mood. The structure often involves adding 咁 after the phrase to function as an adverbial modifier for an action.
Examples
He is grinning happily whenever he sees his grandson.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 笑騎騎, which carries a slightly more mischievous or silly connotation. While both describe smiling, 笑口吟吟 is more about a pleasant, gentle, or sincere state of joy.
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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.
