baat3 jam1八音
Jyutpingbaat3 jam1
Yalebaat yām
Definition
The eight categories of traditional Chinese instruments, or a traditional Chinese music ensemble.
- eight material categories of traditional Chinese instruments
- traditional Chinese music ensemble, often performing for festivals and ceremonies
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How it's used
Refers both to the ancient classification system of musical instruments and the actual performing ensembles found at traditional events. While the classification system is academic, the term is most commonly heard in the context of hiring a band for weddings, funerals, or temple festivals. It carries a strong sense of cultural heritage and is rarely used to describe modern orchestral music.
Measure word
deoi2隊déuiExamples
They hired a traditional music ensemble to perform at this wedding.
Do you know which instruments are included in the eight categories?
Related words
Common phrases
music box
traditional wind and percussion ensemble
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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.
