fo3 leon4貨輪货轮
Jyutpingfo3 leon4
Yalefo lèuhn
Definition
Cargo ship; a vessel designed for carrying large quantities of goods.
neutraltransportplaces
How it's used
Refers specifically to large vessels designed for commercial freight transport rather than passenger travel. It is common to use the classifier 艘 when describing large, formal vessels, though 架 is frequently used in casual speech for any vehicle or ship.
Measure word
sau2艘sáuExamples
That cargo ship just entered the harbor.
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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.
