fu3 si6 saan1富士山
Jyutpingfu3 si6 saan1
Yalefu sih sāan
Definition
Mount Fuji; an active volcano and iconic symbol of Japan.
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How it's used
Pronunciation in Cantonese follows the standard reading of the characters, but the tone of 山 is often slightly adjusted in casual speech to sound more natural when paired with the name. It is treated as a proper noun and does not typically require a classifier unless you are referring to a specific image or model of it.
Examples
Are you going to travel to Mount Fuji this year?
Mount Fuji is really beautiful, I really want to go see it once.
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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.
