daai6 fu3 jung1大富翁
Jyutpingdaai6 fu3 jung1
Yaledaaih fu yūng
Definition
Monopoly, the classic multiplayer board game where players buy land and collect rent to win.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the classic board game where players buy property and collect rent. While the literal characters suggest a wealthy person, in a gaming context, it is almost exclusively used for the board game itself. It is a staple of family gatherings during holidays like Lunar New Year.
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hap6盒haphExamples
Let's play Monopoly together tonight.
Do you still have Monopoly to play at home?
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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.
