gon3 sin3幹線干线
Jyutpinggon3 sin3
Yalegon sin
Definition
A main traffic route, trunk line, or major highway.
neutraltransport
How it's used
Refers specifically to major arterial roads or highways that connect different districts in Hong Kong. It is almost exclusively used in the context of official road numbering systems, such as 1號幹線 or 3號幹線. Outside of these formal route designations, people often prefer using general terms like 大路 or 高速公路.
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tiu4條tìuhExamples
This main highway is usually very congested.
Are you taking Route 3 to get to work?
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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.
