daap3 gei1搭機搭机
Jyutpingdaap3 gei1
Yaledaap gēi
Definition
To take a plane; to board a flight.
colloquialtransporttravel
How it's used
This term is a concise way to refer to the act of boarding or traveling by airplane. It is more common in casual conversation than the formal term 乘搭飛機. It functions as a verb phrase and is frequently used when discussing travel plans or logistics.
Examples
What time is your flight to Japan?
I am taking a plane back to Hong Kong tomorrow.
Related words
Common phrases
to take a plane back to Hong Kong
to depart by plane
Grammar color guide
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Particle
Connector
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.
