daai6 tung4 hoeng1大同鄉大同乡
Jyutpingdaai6 tung4 hoeng1
Yaledaaih tùhng hēung
Definition
A person from the same province.
colloquialpeople
How it's used
Refers specifically to someone sharing the same ancestral home or village, often implying a sense of shared identity or regional loyalty. It carries a warmer, more communal tone than formal terms for people from the same province. People often use it to explain why they feel an immediate connection or trust with someone new.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
He is a fellow villager from my hometown, we played together when we were small.
Are you two from the same hometown? No wonder you get along so well.
Related words
Common phrases
fellow villagers
Grammar color guide
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Connector
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.
