(pos:詞綴)
<explanation>
yue:加喺動詞後面,指無論幾多、做幾多次都好;通常後面跟「#都」同否定詞
eng:added after the main verb, no matter how much; no matter how many times; usually followed by 都 dou1 and a negation
<eg>
yue:啲飯多到我食極都食唔曬。 (di1 faan6 do1 dou3 ngo5 sik6 gik6 dou1 sik6 m4 saai3.)
eng:There is still rice in this bowl, no matter how much I eat.
<eg>
yue:你咁蠢㗎,學極都唔識。 (nei5 gam3 ceon2 gaa3, hok6 gik6 dou1 m4 sik1.)
eng:You're not very clever, are you? You don’t seem to be capable of understanding this.
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<explanation>
yue:後面帶出描述嘅最大極限,用嚟表達程度其實並唔高
eng:at most; added after a verb and followed by the limitation of the previous description, to express a sense of "really not that much"
<eg>
yue:功課多極至多咪三份? (gung1 fo3 do1 gik6 zi3 do1 mai6 saam1 fan6?)
eng:(You may say that) there's too much homework, but there could only be three at most, right?
<eg>
yue:你叻極都有限啦。 (nei5 lek1 gik6 dou1 jau5 haan6 laa1.)
eng:(You may think) you are smart, but (I think) you aren't that smart.
(pos:副詞)
<explanation>
yue:表示最高程度;非常;極其
eng:extremely; exceedingly
<eg>
yue:極醜惡 (gik6 cau2 ok3)
eng:extremely hideous
<eg>
yue:一星期返六日工真係極攰。 (jat1 sing1 kei4 faan1 luk6 jat6 gung1 zan1 hai6 gik6 gui6.)
eng:Working six days a week is extremely tiring.
<eg>
yue:我哋行咗好耐,極肚餓。 (ngo5 dei6 haang4 zo2 hou2 noi6, gik6 tou5 ngo6.)
eng:We walked for a long time. We are starving.