daa2 zong1打樁打桩
Jyutpingdaa2 zong1
Yaledá jōng
Definition
To drive or sink a pile into the ground to create a foundation for a building.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the engineering process of driving deep foundations into the ground to support heavy structures. While it is a technical term, it is frequently heard in daily life due to the constant urban development and construction noise in Hong Kong. It is often used to complain about the persistent, rhythmic thumping sounds coming from nearby building sites.
Examples
They are pile-driving at the construction site every day, it is so noisy I cannot sleep.
The soil quality here is poor, we must drive piles before building.
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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.
