dau6痘
Jyutpingdau6
Yaledauh
Definition
The pronunciation of the morpheme for smallpox or pox when it is not the final syllable of a word.
neutralbodyhealth
How it's used
This character is almost exclusively used in the compound 痘皮 to describe skin texture or as a component in medical terms related to pox or acne. It functions as a bound morpheme, meaning it rarely stands alone in modern speech. When you encounter it in compounds, it maintains a specific pronunciation that distinguishes it from its colloquial usage in words like 暗瘡.
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 豆, which shares the same pronunciation in some contexts but refers to beans. Ensure you distinguish between the skin-related character 痘 and the food-related character 豆 to avoid confusion in writing.
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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.
