faan4藩
Jyutpingfaan4
Yalefàahn
Definition
Feudal domain or fiefdom ruled by a lord or local regime acknowledged by the central government.
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How it's used
Functions primarily as a bound morpheme in historical contexts rather than as a standalone noun in modern speech. It is almost exclusively encountered in academic or historical discussions regarding feudal systems or tributary relations. Learners will mostly see it in compound words like 藩屬 or 藩鎮.
Examples
This client state was very powerful in the past.
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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.
