waat6 saan4 saan4滑潺潺
Jyutpingwaat6 saan4 saan4
Yalewaaht sàahn sàahn
Definition
Slippery, greasy, or slimy.
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How it's used
Emphasizes a tactile, often unpleasant sensation of sliminess or excessive oiliness. It is frequently used to describe food that is overly fatty or surfaces covered in a slick, viscous substance. The reduplication adds a vivid, descriptive quality that makes the sensation feel more intense than a simple adjective like 滑.
Examples
This piece of fatty pork is too greasy, I dare not eat it.
The floor is slippery, be careful when you walk.
Related words
Common phrases
a slimy texture
feels slippery to the touch
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe things that are just smooth to the touch, like polished glass or silk. It specifically implies a layer of oil, grease, or slime that makes something difficult to grip or unappealing to touch.
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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.
