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Jyutpingbaat3 gok3 jing4
Yalebaat gok yìhng
Definition
Octagon; an eight-sided polygon.
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How it's used
Used primarily in geometry or technical descriptions, this term is less common in casual daily speech than simple shapes like square or circle. It follows the standard pattern of combining the number with the character for angle to describe polygons. When describing objects in everyday life, people often just point to the shape or describe the number of sides if they do not know the specific geometric name.
Measure word
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This road sign is an octagon.
Have you found any octagonal objects yet?
Related words
Common phrases
octagonal pattern
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
