bak1 daai6 sai1 joeng4 gung1 joek3 zou2 zik1北大西洋公約組織北大西洋公约组织
Jyutpingbak1 daai6 sai1 joeng4 gung1 joek3 zou2 zik1
Yalebāk daaih sāi yèuhng gūng yeuk jóu jīk
Definition
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; NATO, a military alliance of Western countries formed after World War II.
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How it's used
People almost exclusively use the abbreviation 北約 in daily speech rather than the full name. Using the full name sounds like reading from a formal news report or a textbook. The abbreviation is treated as a standard noun in sentences.
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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.
