wan6 gat1混吉
Jyutpingwan6 gat1
Yalewahn gāt
Definition
To engage in fruitless activity, make trouble, or waste time for no good reason.
colloquialpeopledaily actions
How it's used
Originating from the practice of carrying calamondins to a funeral to show respect, the term now implies someone showing up without a genuine purpose or simply to cause a nuisance. It is frequently used to describe someone who loiters at a shop or workplace without any intention of buying or working, effectively wasting others' time. The tone is informal and slightly accusatory.
Examples
He is always causing trouble, preventing everyone from getting work done.
Related words
Common phrases
deliberately causing trouble
a person who is just messing around
Common mistake
Do not use this in formal or professional settings, as it carries a strong connotation of being a nuisance or a slacker. It is strictly a colloquial term for social or casual environments.
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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.
