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Yalebuih yúh
Definition
Secret code, cipher, or argot.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a private language or set of signals shared between a small group to exclude outsiders. While technically interchangeable with 暗號, it carries a stronger connotation of a verbal or linguistic code rather than just a simple signal or gesture. It is often used in contexts involving mischief, pranks, or keeping secrets from parents or teachers.
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They use secret codes when they talk, we cannot understand at all.
Did you guys agree on a secret code?
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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.
