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Yalejohk johk
Definition
Clean and bare, bald, or completely empty.
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How it's used
Used primarily to describe a sense of emptiness or lack of covering, often implying a slightly desolate or stark aesthetic. While it can describe cleanliness, it leans more towards a state of being stripped bare rather than just tidy. It is most frequently encountered in the set phrase 童山濯濯 to describe barren landscapes.
Examples
The room is cleaned up, looking completely empty and bare.
That mountain is bald and bare, it looks quite ugly.
Related words
Common phrases
a bald, barren mountain
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 濯, which is a verb meaning to wash or rinse. When used as an adjective for emptiness, it is almost always reduplicated as 濯濯 to function as a descriptive state.
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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.
