haa6 jyu5下雨
Jyutpinghaa6 jyu5
Yalehah yúh
Definition
To rain.
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How it's used
Native speakers almost exclusively use 落雨 instead of the more formal 下雨. While 下雨 is understood, it sounds like a translation from written Chinese or Mandarin and feels unnatural in daily conversation. Using 落雨 makes your speech sound much more authentic and locally grounded.
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Common mistake
Learners often use 下雨 because they see it in textbooks or written media, but it will make you sound like a foreigner reading a script. Always opt for the verb-object construction 落雨 in spoken contexts.
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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.
