haa6 zit3夏節夏节
Jyutpinghaa6 zit3
Yalehah jit
Definition
Dragon Boat Festival.
colloquialfestivaltime
How it's used
While this term is understood as referring to the Dragon Boat Festival, it is significantly less common in daily speech than 端午節. Using it can sometimes sound slightly more literary or regional depending on the speaker's background. Most locals will default to 端午節 when discussing the holiday or eating rice dumplings.
Examples
Will you go home for dinner during the Dragon Boat Festival?
The weather is so hot this Dragon Boat Festival, I really don't want to go out.
Related words
Common phrases
Dragon Boat Festival holiday
Common mistake
Learners should be aware that this is not the standard term used in Hong Kong for the holiday. Using it in casual conversation might cause slight confusion or sound unnatural compared to the ubiquitous 端午節.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
