baan2阪坂
Jyutpingbaan2
Yalebáan
Definition
Slope or hillside; also used in place names such as Osaka.
neutralplacestravel
How it's used
This character is almost exclusively encountered in the context of Japanese place names like 大阪. It is not used as a standalone word in Cantonese to describe a slope or a hillside, which would instead be referred to as 山坡. Learners should treat it as a fixed component of proper nouns rather than a productive vocabulary item.
Examples
Do you know where Osaka is?
I will go to Osaka for a trip next month.
Related words
Common phrases
Osaka
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Grammar guides
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