dou6 tin4稻田
Jyutpingdou6 tin4
Yaledouh tìhn
Definition
Rice paddy; a field where rice is grown.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the flooded fields used for growing wet rice. While technically correct, native speakers often use the more general term 田 or 耕地 when talking about farmland in a casual context, as rice farming is not a common sight in urban Hong Kong.
Measure word
faai3塊faiExamples
Related words
Common phrases
a stretch of rice paddies
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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.
