cyun1邨
Jyutpingcyun1
Yalechyūn
Definition
A housing estate, especially a public rental housing estate built in a dense, uniform style.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to large scale residential developments, almost exclusively public housing estates. While technically a variant of the character for village, it has evolved to describe the dense, high rise complexes that define the Hong Kong landscape. It is rarely used for standalone houses or rural villages, which are better described as 村.
Measure word
tiu4條tìuhExamples
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe a small village or a single building. It implies a large, planned community with multiple blocks and shared facilities.
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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.
