gyun6 fei4圈肥
Jyutpinggyun6 fei4
Yalegyuhn fèih
Definition
Barnyard manure.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to animal waste collected from pens or enclosures used as fertilizer in traditional farming. It is a highly specialized agricultural term rarely encountered in modern urban Hong Kong life. You will mostly find it in historical texts or descriptions of rural village practices.
Measure word
deoi1堆dēuiExamples
This barnyard manure is very smelly.
Where did you take the barnyard manure to?
Related words
Common phrases
to apply barnyard manure
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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.
