bou3 lung4 dik6布隆迪
Jyutpingbou3 lung4 dik6
Yalebou lùhng dihk
Definition
Burundi; a landlocked country in East Africa.
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How it's used
Geographical names for African nations are often transliterated phonetically in Cantonese. It is common to use the classifier 個 when referring to the country as a single entity in a sentence.
Examples
Burundi is an African country.
Related words
Common phrases
Republic of Burundi
Grammar color guide
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Classifier
Particle
Connector
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.
