suk6 hau2 min6熟口面
Jyutpingsuk6 hau2 min6
Yalesuhk háu mihn
Definition
Familiar-looking; recognizing a face but not immediately recalling the person's name.
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How it's used
Focuses specifically on the visual recognition of a person rather than a place or an object. It captures that awkward moment of knowing you have crossed paths with someone without being able to place the context or recall their name. It is almost exclusively used to describe people.
Examples
He looks very familiar, it's like I've seen him somewhere before.
Don't you think that waiter looks familiar?
Related words
Common phrases
very familiar looking
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe things or places that feel familiar, as it is strictly reserved for human faces.
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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.
