bou6 jyu5 leoi6哺乳類哺乳类
Jyutpingbou6 jyu5 leoi6
Yalebouh yúh leuih
Definition
Mammal; a class of warm-blooded vertebrate animals characterized by having hair, mammary glands, and live births.
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How it's used
Scientific terms like this are often borrowed directly from written Chinese into spoken Cantonese without modification. When speaking, people frequently add 動物 after the term to make it sound more natural in a sentence. It is rarely used in casual conversation unless discussing biology or nature documentaries.
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Humans actually belong to the mammal category.
Although whales live in the sea, they are mammals.
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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.
