cai1 sik1 dei6棲息地栖息地
Jyutpingcai1 sik1 dei6
Yalechāi sīk deih
Definition
Habitat; the place where animals live and breed.
neutralanimalsnature
How it's used
While this term is technically correct, it is primarily used in formal, academic, or documentary contexts rather than casual conversation. Most locals would simply use the phrase 住嘅地方 or 生活環境 when talking about where an animal lives in everyday speech.
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go3個goExamples
This place is a habitat for many birds.
Do you know where the habitat of this animal is?
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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.
