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Jyutpingbou3 doi6
Yalebou doih
Definition
Cloth bag or pouch.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a bag made of fabric, often a simple drawstring or tote style. Unlike modern plastic or leather bags, it carries a sense of being casual, reusable, and environmentally friendly. It is frequently used to describe the simple canvas bags people carry for groceries or daily errands.
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Where did you buy your cloth bag?
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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.
