gaan2 cing1簡稱简称
Jyutpinggaan2 cing1
Yalegáan chīng
Definition
Abbreviated form of a name; to be called something for short.
- abbreviation; short form; acronym
- to abbreviate; to be called something for short
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How it's used
Use this term when you want to refer to the shortened version of a name or title. It functions both as a noun for the abbreviation itself and as a verb meaning to shorten a name. It is common to see it used with the preposition 做 when describing the act of shortening a name.
Examples
Everyone usually calls this place Mong Kok for short.
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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.
