baak3 mai5百米
Jyutpingbaak3 mai5
Yalebaak máih
Definition
One hundred meters.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the hundred meter sprint in athletic contexts. It is rarely used as a generic measurement of distance, where people would instead use 一百米.
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Common mistake
Do not use this to describe a distance of one hundred meters in everyday speech, such as walking to a shop; use 一百米 instead to avoid sounding like you are talking about a track event.
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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.
