bak1 gik6 joeng4北極洋北极洋
Jyutpingbak1 gik6 joeng4
Yalebāk gihk yèuhng
Definition
Arctic Ocean
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How it's used
Geographic names of oceans in Cantonese often follow the same structure as in written Chinese, but in casual speech, people might simply refer to it as 北極 to avoid the more formal sounding suffix. It is rarely used in daily conversation unless discussing geography, climate change, or international shipping routes.
Examples
Do you know where the Arctic Ocean is?
Related words
Common phrases
Arctic Ocean waters
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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.
