bui3 hok3貝殼贝壳
Jyutpingbui3 hok3
Yalebui hok
Definition
Seashell; the hard outer shell of a mollusk found on beaches and used for decoration.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the hard outer layer of mollusks found on the shore. While it can be used for any shell, it is most commonly associated with the decorative, empty ones found on beaches rather than the shells still containing live animals. People often use the verb 執 to describe the act of picking them up from the sand.
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go3個goExamples
We went to the beach and picked up a lot of seashells.
This seashell is beautiful, where did you buy it?
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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.
