tin1 daai6天大
Jyutpingtin1 daai6
Yaletīn daaih
Definition
Gargantuan, tremendous, or extremely big.
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How it's used
Focuses on the scale of an event or abstract concept rather than physical size. It is almost exclusively used with the particle 嘅 to modify nouns like 秘密, 誤會, or 喜訊. It carries an emphatic tone, often implying that the situation is significant enough to cause shock or widespread attention.
Examples
This matter is truly a huge misunderstanding.
Do you know that something massive has happened?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe physical objects like buildings or mountains, as it is reserved for abstract situations or news. Use 大 or 巨大 instead for literal size.
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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.
