gei1 fu6基輔基辅
Jyutpinggei1 fu6
Yalegēi fuh
Definition
Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine.
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How it's used
Pronunciation of this city name in Cantonese often follows the English-based transliteration rather than the Ukrainian or Russian roots. It is treated as a standard proper noun for a foreign city, requiring no special grammatical particles beyond those used for any other geographical location.
Examples
They decided to move to live in Kyiv.
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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.
