dam1 bo1 laa4揼波拿
Jyutpingdam1 bo1 laa4
Yaledām bō làh
Definition
A tombola; a type of raffle or lottery game.
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How it's used
This term is a direct loanword from the English tombola, reflecting the colonial history of charity raffles in Hong Kong. It is primarily associated with school fairs, church events, or community fundraisers where participants buy tickets to win small prizes. You will rarely hear it used outside of these specific organized event contexts.
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The school is holding a tombola today.
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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.
