粵

冤jyun1氣hei3

simp冤气
jyun1 hei3yuān qì

English

  1. resentment over unfair treatment
  2. (of someone/something) unbearable; not to be tolerated
  3. too attentive, paying too much attention to the extent that others feel unbearable (e.g. a woman talking about excessive care from her husband)
  4. used to describe the lovey-dovey couple who engage in a public display of affection makes other people feel unbearable.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 難以忍受
  2. 過份關懷、注視而令人受唔住(譬如妻子形容丈夫)
  3. 形容同人調情、嬉笑果陣顯得太痴纏、太甜蜜,令旁人側目

Examples

  • 我見到你就冤氣嘍。

    I cannot bear the sight of you. ----

  • 咪咁冤氣啦,人哋睇到㗎。

    Don't be so lovey-dovey. Others are looking.

  • 我老公好鬼冤氣㗎,隔幾個鐘又打嚟問下我點,話掛住我喎。

    My husband is so too attentive. He calls me every few hours in the day, asking what I am doing and saying he is always thinking about me. ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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