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Definition
Abundant, rich, or plentiful; more than enough.
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How it's used
Used primarily as a bound morpheme in Cantonese, 豐 rarely stands alone as a single-character adjective in casual speech. It carries a sense of fullness or high quality, often appearing in compound words to describe things like meals, harvests, or experiences. When describing a meal, it implies a spread that is generous and satisfying.
Examples
The harvest is abundant this year, everyone has food to eat.
Do you think this dinner is rich enough?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse 豐 with 多, but 豐 carries a nuance of quality and richness rather than just a large quantity. It is not used to describe simple numerical counts.
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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.
