gung1 seoi2供水
Jyutpinggung1 seoi2
Yalegūng séui
Definition
To supply water to a place.
neutralother
How it's used
Primarily used in formal or administrative contexts, such as news reports, government announcements, or utility company notices. It is rarely used in casual conversation to describe turning on a tap at home. Instead, people would simply talk about water coming out or being cut off.
Examples
When can the water supply be restored here?
The government decided to suspend the water supply to that district.
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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.
