dou3 fong2到訪到访
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Yaledou fóng
Definition
To visit; for an important person to visit or tour a place.
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How it's used
Reserved for formal or official contexts, this term implies a sense of protocol or professional duty. It is rarely used for casual social visits between friends or relatives, where terms like 去探或者去玩 are much more natural. You will frequently encounter it in news reports or corporate announcements regarding dignitaries or high-level delegations.
Examples
The Chief Executive will visit this school next week.
Have any foreign officials visited your company yet?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this for casual visits to a friend's house, as it sounds overly stiff and bureaucratic in a social setting.
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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.
