冤氣
simp冤气jyun1 hei3yuān qì
English
- resentment over unfair treatment
- (of someone/something) unbearable; not to be tolerated
- too attentive, paying too much attention to the extent that others feel unbearable (e.g. a woman talking about excessive care from her husband)
- used to describe the lovey-dovey couple who engage in a public display of affection makes other people feel unbearable.
粵語 — Cantonese
- 難以忍受
- 過份關懷、注視而令人受唔住(譬如妻子形容丈夫)
- 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