gaa1 zing3家政
Jyutpinggaa1 zing3
Yalegā jing
Definition
Home economics; a school subject teaching practical household skills like cooking and sewing.
neutralschool
How it's used
Refers specifically to the school subject taught in secondary education. It is rarely used to describe actual household management in a domestic setting, where terms like 做家務 are preferred instead. The term evokes a nostalgic sense of learning basic life skills like sewing or simple cooking in a classroom environment.
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tong4堂tònghExamples
I really liked attending home economics class back in secondary school.
Do you need to bring an apron to home economics class tomorrow?
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
