can4 siu6 kei4陳肇麒陈肇麒
Jyutpingcan4 siu6 kei4
Yalechàhn siuh kèih
Definition
Chan Siu Ki, a Hong Kong football player.
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How it's used
Refers to a specific retired professional footballer who was a prominent figure in the Hong Kong national team. He is often affectionately nicknamed by fans as "陳七" due to his jersey number. Using his full name is standard when discussing local sports history or his career highlights.
Examples
Chan Siu Ki was really good at playing football in the past.
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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.
