gung1 joeng4公羊
Jyutpinggung1 joeng4
Yalegūng yèuhng
Definition
A male sheep or goat; a ram or billy goat.
colloquialanimals
How it's used
Distinguishing gender in animals often requires adding the prefix 公 for males or 母 for females before the animal name. While this is straightforward for farm animals, it sounds unnatural for many wild species where specific names exist. Always pair this with the classifier 隻 when referring to the animal as a countable unit.
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zek3隻jekExamples
That ram looks like it wants to headbutt someone.
How many rams are there on the farm?
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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.
