fung1丰
Jyutpingfung1
Yalefūng
Definition
Abundant, luxuriant, or full; also used to describe a graceful appearance or demeanor.
- abundant, plentiful, or luxuriant
- graceful appearance or demeanor
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How it's used
This character is primarily used in formal or literary contexts to describe abundance or grace. In modern Hong Kong Cantonese, it is rarely used as a standalone verb or adjective in daily speech, appearing mostly in compound words like 豐富 or 豐盛. It is important to distinguish this from the simplified character 丰, which is a variant of 豐, as the traditional form 豐 is the standard in Hong Kong.
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with the simplified character 丰, but in Hong Kong, you should always use the full form 豐 in writing. Additionally, do not use it to describe physical weight; use 肥 instead.
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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.
