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Yalechaap yēung
Definition
To transplant rice seedlings into a paddy field.
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How it's used
This term is strictly tied to the agricultural process of rice cultivation. It is rarely used in casual urban conversation unless discussing farming, history, or rural life. Because Hong Kong is highly urbanized, most people only encounter this word in textbooks or when visiting agricultural areas in the New Territories.
Examples
It is very hard work for farmers to transplant rice seedlings in the field.
Have you ever tried going into the field to transplant rice seedlings when you were young?
Related words
Common phrases
go into the field to transplant rice seedlings
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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.
