gaak3 lam4 naap6 daat6格林納達格林纳达
Jyutpinggaak3 lam4 naap6 daat6
Yalegaak làhm naahp daaht
Definition
Grenada, an island country in the Caribbean Sea with its capital at St. George's.
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How it's used
Geographical names of this type are treated as proper nouns and typically follow the standard transliteration conventions used in Hong Kong media. Because it is a specific foreign location, it is rarely used in casual daily conversation unless discussing travel or international news. It is often paired with the classifier 個 when referring to it as a country.
Measure word
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Grenada is a very beautiful island nation.
Do you know where Grenada is?
Related words
Common phrases
Island of Grenada
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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.
