got3 wo4割禾
Jyutpinggot3 wo4
Yalegot wòh
Definition
To harvest rice crops.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the traditional manual labor of cutting rice stalks with a sickle. It carries a strong rural connotation and is rarely used in modern urban Hong Kong unless discussing agricultural history or visiting the New Territories.
Examples
The farmers went to harvest the paddy while the weather was good.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
