dau3 ngau4鬥牛斗牛
Jyutpingdau3 ngau4
Yaledau ngàuh
Definition
Bullfighting; a spectacle or sport involving bulls fighting each other or humans fighting bulls.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the Spanish tradition of bullfighting, often associated with the matador. While the characters literally suggest two bulls fighting, it is rarely used to describe animals fighting in the wild, as that would typically be described as 牛打交.
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coeng4場chèunghExamples
Have you ever watched a live bullfight?
Bullfighting is a very dangerous sport.
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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.
