zip3接
Jyutpingzip3
Yalejip
Definition
To catch or take hold of.
colloquialdaily actions
How it's used
While 接 is used in formal contexts like 接待 or 接觸, in everyday spoken Cantonese, it is almost always used with the complement 住 to indicate the successful act of catching or holding onto something. Without the complement, it often sounds incomplete or overly formal to a native ear. When referring to catching someone or something in a physical sense, 捉住 is frequently used as a more natural, colloquial alternative.
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Common mistake
Learners often use 接 in isolation to mean catch, but it frequently requires a directional or resultative complement like 住 or 到 to sound natural in a sentence.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
