daai6 bou3 gung1 lou6大埔公路
Jyutpingdaai6 bou3 gung1 lou6
Yaledaaih bou gūng louh
Definition
Tai Po Road, a major road in Hong Kong.
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How it's used
Locals often refer to this road simply as 大埔道 to save time, though the full name is used in formal contexts like bus announcements or GPS navigation. It is historically significant as one of the earliest major roads connecting Kowloon to the New Territories, and it remains a vital artery despite its notorious reputation for traffic jams.
Examples
Tai Po Road is always congested.
Do you know how to get to Tai Po Road?
Common phrases
Tai Po Road traffic jam
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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.
