dung1 waa4東華东华
Jyutpingdung1 waa4
Yaledūng wàh
Definition
East China, or referring to Tung Wah, a place name in Hong Kong.
- East China
- Tung Wah, a location name in Hong Kong
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How it's used
Tung Wah is most commonly encountered in Hong Kong as part of the name for the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, which is a major charitable organization. It is rarely used to refer to East China in daily speech, where names like 華東 are preferred for the region. When used in a medical context, it almost always refers to one of the specific hospitals under that organization's umbrella.
Examples
I have to go to Tung Wah Hospital for a follow-up appointment tomorrow.
Do you know where the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals is?
Related words
Common phrases
Tung Wah Hospital
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
