bok3 syun4駁船驳船
Jyutpingbok3 syun4
Yalebok syùhn
Definition
Barge; a cargo boat used for short-distance transport between deep-water ships and shallow-water piers.
neutraltransport
How it's used
Primarily used in the context of logistics and maritime transport within Hong Kong's busy harbour. It refers specifically to the flat-bottomed vessels that ferry goods between massive container ships anchored in the middle of the sea and the smaller piers along the coastline. You will rarely hear this word outside of professional shipping or dockside work environments.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
