gun2 fung1 kam4管風琴管风琴
Jyutpinggun2 fung1 kam4
Yalegún fūng kàhm
Definition
Pipe organ; a keyboard instrument that produces sound by driving air through pipes, often seen in churches.
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How it's used
Pipe organs are almost exclusively associated with Western classical music and religious settings in Hong Kong. Because these instruments are massive, permanent fixtures in buildings, they are rarely referred to in casual daily conversation unless discussing architecture or specific musical performances.
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The sound of this pipe organ is very majestic.
Have you heard the pipe organ inside the church yet?
Related words
Common phrases
to play the pipe organ
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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.
