aa3 lyun4 jau4阿聯酋阿联酋
Jyutpingaa3 lyun4 jau4
Yalea lyùhn yàuh
Definition
United Arab Emirates; UAE, a country on the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia.
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How it's used
Use the full name 阿拉伯聯合酋長國 in formal writing or official documents, but 阿聯酋 is the standard way to refer to the country in casual conversation. It functions like any other country name and does not require a specific classifier when used in general contexts.
Examples
Have you thought about traveling to the UAE this year?
The weather over in the UAE is really hot.
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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.
