zit6截
Jyutpingzit6
Yalejiht
Definition
To stop something while it is in motion; to intercept, hail, or cut off.
colloquialtransportdaily actions
How it's used
Focuses on the physical act of interrupting the forward motion of something or someone. It is most commonly associated with hailing transport or blocking someone's path in a street setting. Unlike general words for stopping, it implies an active, often sudden, intervention to change the trajectory of the target.
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Do not use this to mean stopping an activity or a process, as that would require words like 停 or 終止. It is strictly for physical movement or interception.
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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.
