taai3 gwo3 fan6太過份太过份
Jyutpingtaai3 gwo3 fan6
Yaletaai gwo fahn
Definition
Over the top, unacceptable, or having crossed the line.
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How it's used
This expression carries a strong sense of moral judgment or indignation. It is frequently used when someone feels their personal boundaries have been violated or when a situation has escalated beyond what is considered reasonable or polite. While it can be used in serious confrontations, it is just as common in casual settings to express shock at someone's rude or unfair behavior.
Examples
What you did is really over the line.
The way they speak is so nasty, isn't it too much?
Related words
Common phrases
simply outrageous
to feel it is too much
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with the Mandarin usage of 過分. In Cantonese, adding 太 before it is standard for emphasis, but using it to describe something simply 'excessive' in quantity is less common than using 太多 or 過多.
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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.
