cin4 cyun4前傳前传
Jyutpingcin4 cyun4
Yalechìhn chyùhn
Definition
Prequel; a story that takes place before the events of an existing work.
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How it's used
Focuses specifically on narrative media like films, books, or video games that expand on the backstory of an established work. It is almost exclusively used in the context of entertainment and pop culture rather than historical or real-life events.
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tou3套touExamples
This movie has a prequel out, have you watched it yet?
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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.
