gau2 sap6 nin4 doi6九十年代
Jyutpinggau2 sap6 nin4 doi6
Yalegáu sahp nìhn doih
Definition
The nineties; the decade of the 1990s.
colloquialtime
How it's used
Refers specifically to the decade from 1990 to 1999. It is frequently used to evoke a sense of nostalgia for Hong Kong pop culture, fashion, or the pre-handover era. When discussing specific years within that decade, speakers often drop the century and just use the last two digits, such as 九五年 for 1995.
Examples
Do you remember the songs from the nineties?
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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.
