haak1 baan2黑板
Jyutpinghaak1 baan2
Yalehāak báan
Definition
Blackboard or chalkboard.
neutralschool
How it's used
Despite the name, modern blackboards in Hong Kong schools are almost exclusively dark green rather than black. The term persists as a legacy of older slate boards. When referring to the newer white boards used with markers, use 白板 instead.
Measure word
faai3塊faiExamples
Could you help me wipe the blackboard clean?
Related words
Common phrases
to clean the blackboard
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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.
