dei6 taan1地攤地摊
Jyutpingdei6 taan1
Yaledeih tāan
Definition
A street vendor's stall with goods spread out on the ground.
colloquialshoppingplaces
How it's used
Refers specifically to the practice of laying goods directly on the ground or a mat rather than on a raised table. It carries a strong association with older, traditional street markets or informal flea market settings. While it describes the stall itself, the act of operating one is usually expressed as 擺地攤.
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dong2檔dóngExamples
There are still many people setting up street stalls over in Sham Shui Po.
Is the stuff you bought at the street stall very cheap?
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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.
