faat3 laai1 lei6法拉利
Jyutpingfaat3 laai1 lei6
Yalefaat lāai leih
Definition
Ferrari; the Italian luxury sports car manufacturer.
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How it's used
Transliterations of luxury car brands are standard in Hong Kong, and 法拉利 is the universally accepted name for the brand. It is treated as a count noun, so it is always paired with a classifier when referring to a specific vehicle. You will often hear it used in casual discussions about wealth or high performance vehicles.
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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.
