haa6 ceon4下旬
Jyutpinghaa6 ceon4
Yalehah chèuhn
Definition
The last ten days of a month.
writtentime
How it's used
Refers specifically to the period from the 21st to the end of the month. It is primarily used in formal or written contexts, such as news reports, scheduling, or business correspondence, rather than casual daily speech. When speaking informally, people often prefer using phrases like 月尾 to refer to the end of the month.
Examples
We plan to go traveling in the last ten days of next month.
Are you planning to submit the report only in the last ten days of this month?
Related words
Common phrases
the last ten days of this month
during the last ten days of the month
Grammar color guide
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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.
