How to say angry in Cantonese?

Have you ever experienced injustice in your life?  On the night of 11 August 2019, police force in Hong Kong has imposed incredibly excessive and inhumane forces against protestors and citizens.  They have fired tear gases inside the subway stations, spraying pepper ball against protestors within 1m in the manner of mass execution and deliberately aimed for the head of the protestors, causing a first-aider lost one of her eyes.

Hong Kongers are very angry with the brutality of the police, yet we have no idea how to bring them to justice.  In this lesson, we will teach you how to say angry in Cantonese.

We hope you will stand with the people in Hong Kong.

Angry in Cantonese: 嬲 [nau3]

There are two adjectives that can be translated into angry in Cantonese.  For the first one, you can use adjective 嬲 [nau3] to express angry in Cantonese.

ngo5 hou2 nau1 aa3！

我好嬲啊！

I am so angry!

Types of sentence structure	Subject-predicate
Functions in sentence	Subject	Adverbial	Predicate	Particle
Part of speech	Noun	Adverb	Adjective	Particle
Words in sentence	我	好	嬲	啊

 

Particle（助詞） 啊 [aa3] is used for soften a sentence.  It always sounds much more natural to use a particle than omitting one in Cantonese.  To learn more about particle 啊 [aa3], please refer to Unit 12 Lesson 1.

ngo5 hou2 nau1 aa3 gaa1 zan2！

我好嬲啊家陣！

I am so angry now!

Types of sentence structure	Subject-predicate
Functions in sentence	Subject	Adverbial	Predicate	Particle
Part of speech	Noun	Adverb; noun	Adjective	Particle
Words in sentence	我	好; 家陣	嬲	啊

 

gin3 dou2 di1 hak1 ging2 hai2 sat1 noi6 fong3 ceoi1 leoi6 daan2，ngo5 zan1 hai6 nau1 dou3 fei1 hei2 laa3！

見倒啲黑警喺室內放催淚彈，我真係嬲到飛起喇！

Since I saw those corrupted cops used tear gas indoor, I am furious right now (Literal meaning: I am angry to the extent that I will fly into the sky)!

Composite sentences
Type of composite sentence	Compound sentences
Components	Sentence 1	Sentence 2
True value	True	True
Words in sentence	見倒啲黑警喺室內放催淚彈	我真係嬲到飛起喇

 

Sentence 1 of that sentence
Type of sentence structure	Predicate-object
Functions in sentence	Subject	Predicate	Object
Part of speech	/	Clause	Sentence
Words in sentence	/	見倒	啲黑警喺室內放催淚彈

 

Predicate of the sentence
Type of sentence structure	Predicate-complement
Functions in sentence	Subject	Predicate	Complement
Part of speech	/	Verb	/
Words in sentence	/	見	倒

 

Object of that sentence
Types of sentence structure	Predicative expression in series
Functions in sentence	Subject	Predicate 1	Object 1	Predicate 2	Object 2
Part of speech	Noun	Preposition	Noun	Verb	Noun
Words in sentence	啲黑警	喺	室內	放	催淚彈

 

Subject of that sentence
Type of sentence structure	Subordination
Modifier	啲
Head	黑警

 

Sentence 2 of that sentence
Type of sentence structure	Predicate-complement
Functions in sentence	Subject	Adverbial	Predicate	Complement	Particle
Part of speech	Noun	Adverb	Adjective; /	Clause	Particle
Words in sentence	我	真係	嬲; 到	飛起	喇

 

Complement of that sentence
Type of sentence structure	Predicate-complement
Functions in sentence	Subject	Predicate	Complement
Part of speech	/	Verb	Verb
Words in sentence	/	飛	起

Angry in Cantonese: 㷫 [hing3]

Another adjective that means angry in Cantonese is 㷫 [hing3].

ngo5 hou2 hing3 aa3！

我好㷫啊！

I am so angry!

Types of sentence structure	Subject-predicate
Functions in sentence	Subject	Adverbial	Predicate	Particle
Part of speech	Noun	Adverb	Adjective	Particle
Words in sentence	我	好	㷫	啊

 

ngo5 hou2 hing3 aa3 gaa1 zan2！

我好㷫啊家陣！

I am so angry now!

Types of sentence structure	Subject-predicate
Functions in sentence	Subject	Adverbial	Predicate	Particle
Part of speech	Noun	Adverb; noun	Adjective	Particle
Words in sentence	我	好; 家陣	㷫	啊

 

gin3 dou2 di1 hak1 ging2 hai2 sat1 noi6 fong3 ceoi1 leoi6 daan2，ngo5 ji1 gaa1 zan1 hai6 hing3 gwo3 fo2 si2 laa3！

見倒啲黑警喺室內放催淚彈，我依家真係㷫過火屎喇！

Since I saw those corrupted cops used tear gas indoor, I am furious right now (Literal meaning: I am angry to the extent that I am hotter than burnt charcoal right now)!

Composite sentences
Type of composite sentence	Compound sentences
Components	Sentence 1	Sentence 2
True value	True	True
Words in sentence	見倒啲黑警喺室內放催淚彈	我依家真係㷫過火屎喇

 

Sentence 1 of that sentence
Type of sentence structure	Predicate-object
Functions in sentence	Subject	Predicate	Object
Part of speech	/	Clause	Sentence
Words in sentence	/	見倒	啲黑警喺室內放催淚彈

 

Predicate of the sentence
Type of sentence structure	Predicate-complement
Functions in sentence	Subject	Predicate	Complement
Part of speech	/	Verb	/
Words in sentence	/	見	倒

 

Object of that sentence
Types of sentence structure	Predicative expression in series
Functions in sentence	Subject	Predicate 1	Object 1	Predicate 2	Object 2
Part of speech	Noun	Preposition	Noun	Verb	Noun
Words in sentence	啲黑警	喺	室內	放	催淚彈

 

Subject of that sentence
Type of sentence structure	Subordination
Modifier	啲
Head	黑警

 

Sentence 2 of that sentence
Type of sentence structure	Predicate-complement
Functions in sentence	Subject	Adverbial	Predicate	Object	Particle
Part of speech	Noun	Noun; adverb	Clause	Noun	Particle
Words in sentence	我	依家; 真係	㷫過	火屎	喇

 

Predicate of that sentence
Type of sentence structure	Predicate-complement
Functions in sentence	Subject	Predicate	Complement
Part of speech	/	Adjective	/
Words in sentence	/	㷫	過

Reference

1. 粵典。「㷫過火屎」。

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