ziu1 jan4 sau4 hau2招人仇口
Jyutpingziu1 jan4 sau4 hau2
Yalejīu yàhn sàuh háu
Definition
To offend people and provoke hatred, making oneself easy targets for enmity.
colloquialpeopleemotion
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the social consequence of one's behavior or speech rather than just the act of offending someone. It implies that the person is actively accumulating resentment or creating a hostile environment for themselves. Use this when describing someone whose personality or actions consistently invite negative reactions from others.
Examples
He speaks so harshly, it is very easy to make enemies.
Be a bit more tactful, don't always go around offending people.
Related words
Common phrases
always making enemies
easy to provoke hatred
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 惹麻煩, which means to cause trouble in a general sense. 招人仇口 is strictly about interpersonal conflict and the resulting animosity from others.
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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.
