daan1 cing4單程单程
Jyutpingdaan1 cing4
Yaledāan chìhng
Definition
One-way; single-trip.
colloquialtransporttravel
How it's used
Used primarily in the context of travel and transportation to specify that a journey is not returning. It functions as a modifier for nouns like 飛 or 車票. When discussing travel plans, it is almost always contrasted with 來回.
Examples
I want to buy a one-way ticket to the airport.
Are you buying a one-way or a round-trip ticket?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners sometimes confuse this with 淨係, which means 'only' or 'just'. Remember that 單程 specifically describes a direction or a type of ticket, not the exclusivity of an action.
Grammar color guide
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Classifier
Particle
Connector
Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
