haa6 taap3下榻
Jyutpinghaa6 taap3
Yalehah taap
Definition
To stay at a place, such as a hotel, during a trip.
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How it's used
Carries a formal and slightly literary tone, often used in news reports or hospitality contexts to describe where a high-profile guest or traveler is staying. It sounds quite stiff in casual conversation, where people would almost always prefer using 住 or 入住 instead.
Examples
Which hotel do you plan to stay at tonight?
They have checked into this five-star hotel.
Related words
Common phrases
to stay at a hotel
Common mistake
Avoid using this in everyday casual speech with friends, as it will sound overly dramatic or like you are reading from a formal press release. Stick to 住 for normal travel plans.
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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.
