baa1 baa1 do1 si1巴巴多斯
Jyutpingbaa1 baa1 do1 si1
Yalebā bā dō sī
Definition
Barbados, an island country in the Caribbean whose capital is Bridgetown.
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How it's used
Geographic names that are direct transliterations often follow the phonetic patterns of English, but they are treated as standard nouns in Cantonese. When discussing countries far from Hong Kong, it is common to add the classifier 個 or the word 國家 before the name to clarify context for the listener.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
Do you know where Barbados is?
I really want to go to Barbados for a trip.
Related words
Common phrases
go to Barbados
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Grammar guides
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- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
