ceon1 haa6 cau1 dung1春夏秋冬
Jyutpingceon1 haa6 cau1 dung1
Yalechēun hah chāu dūng
Definition
The four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
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How it's used
People often use this four character idiom to refer to the passage of time or the entirety of a year rather than just listing the seasons. It carries a slightly more literary or poetic weight than simply saying 四季. It is common to hear it used in contexts describing how someone has been waiting or working for a long period.
Examples
It is hot all year round in Hong Kong.
Which season do you like, spring, summer, autumn, or winter?
Related words
Common phrases
passing through the seasons
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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.
