gin6 san1 sat1健身室
Jyutpinggin6 san1 sat1
Yalegihn sān sāt
Definition
Gym; fitness centre or fitness room.
colloquialhealthplaces
How it's used
Refers specifically to a facility equipped with exercise machines, distinguishing it from an open-air park or a sports field. While the English term gym is widely understood, using 健身室 is the standard way to refer to these indoor establishments in a formal or descriptive context.
Measure word
gaan1間gānExamples
Are you going to the gym to exercise tomorrow?
This gym stays open very late, which is very convenient.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using 健身房, which is the standard term in Mandarin; while people will understand you, it sounds foreign in a Hong Kong context.
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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.
