baa1 gaak3 daat6巴格達巴格达
Jyutpingbaa1 gaak3 daat6
Yalebā gaak daaht
Definition
Baghdad, the capital and largest city of Iraq.
neutralplaces
How it's used
Geographical names like this are treated as proper nouns and follow the standard Cantonese sentence structure without special markers. It is pronounced with a distinct Cantonese phonetic adaptation that sounds quite different from the English pronunciation. When discussing cities in the Middle East, speakers often use this alongside the country name to provide geographical context.
Examples
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq.
Do you know where Baghdad is?
Related words
Common phrases
Baghdad City
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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.
