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Definition
Leo Koo, a Hong Kong singer and actor.
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How it's used
Proper names of celebrities are often used in casual conversation to refer to their work or public persona. When speaking about someone as famous as Leo Koo, it is common to drop honorifics and just use the full name, which carries a sense of familiarity common in Hong Kong pop culture discussions.
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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.
