cin1 hei1千禧
Jyutpingcin1 hei1
Yalechīn hēi
Definition
Millennium; a period of one thousand years.
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How it's used
Often used to refer specifically to the turn of the century around the year 2000 rather than a literal thousand year period. It frequently appears in social contexts to describe the generation born around that time, similar to the English usage of millennial.
Examples
This is a kid born after the millennium.
Do you know what happened during the millennium year?
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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.
