gou2鎬镐
Jyutpinggou2
Yalegóu
Definition
A pickaxe, or to be bright and shining.
- pick; pickaxe
- literarybright; shining
neutralworkdaily actions
How it's used
Refers specifically to a heavy tool with a pointed metal head used for breaking hard surfaces like rock or frozen ground. While it shares a character with literary terms for brightness, in modern daily life, it is almost exclusively used as a noun for this specific construction tool.
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baa2把báExamples
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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.
