gwok3 kei4國旗国旗
Jyutpinggwok3 kei4
Yalegwok kèih
Definition
National flag; a flag that represents a country.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the official flag of a sovereign state. While it is a formal term, it appears frequently in news reports and school settings. When discussing flags in general, people often use the more generic term 旗.
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They are raising the national flag at school today.
Do you see where that national flag is?
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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.
