zong6 kei4撞期
Jyutpingzong6 kei4
Yalejohng kèih
Definition
To have a conflict of schedules; to clash in date or time.
colloquialtimework
How it's used
Used primarily in professional or social planning contexts to describe when two commitments overlap. It functions as a verb phrase, often taking the particle 咗 to indicate that a conflict has been discovered. It is a very common shorthand in busy urban life for avoiding long explanations about why one cannot attend an event.
Examples
I have a schedule clash that day, so I cannot go to your wedding.
Do you have any schedule clashes next Friday?
Common phrases
a major schedule clash
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe physical collisions, which require the verb 撞. It is strictly for temporal conflicts between appointments or events.
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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.
