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Jyutpingziu1 gung1
Yalejīu gūng
Definition
To confess; to admit to investigating officers that one has committed a crime.
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How it's used
Focuses specifically on the context of legal investigations or formal interrogation settings. While it implies admitting guilt, it carries a heavy weight of being forced or pressured into revealing the truth, rather than a voluntary or casual admission.
Examples
He finally couldn't take it anymore and confessed everything.
You still want to hide it? Confess quickly!
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Common mistake
Do not use this for casual admissions of minor mistakes or secrets between friends. Using it in a non-legal context sounds overly dramatic or like you are jokingly treating a trivial situation as a police interrogation.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
