fuk1 jyun4幅員幅员
Jyutpingfuk1 jyun4
Yalefūk yùhn
Definition
Territory; the extent or area of a country's land.
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How it's used
Used primarily in formal, academic, or geographical contexts to describe the extent of land or territory. It carries a sense of scale and is rarely encountered in casual daily conversation. When discussing the size of a country or region in everyday speech, people prefer using 面積 or 地頭.
Examples
This country has a vast territory.
How do you manage such a large territory?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this word to refer to a small piece of land or a private property, as it specifically implies a large, sovereign, or administrative scale.
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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.
