hei2 zoek3喜酌
Jyutpinghei2 zoek3
Yalehéi jeuk
Definition
A wedding banquet.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the formal meal held to celebrate a marriage, often synonymous with the act of attending the banquet itself. While formal in writing, it is understood in speech, though locals more frequently use the verb phrase 飲宴 or simply 飲嚟形容 the occasion.
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I am going to a wedding banquet next Saturday.
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Common phrases
attend a wedding banquet
wedding banquet invitation
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the general term 喜事, which refers to any happy event like a birth or promotion, whereas 喜酌 is strictly limited to wedding celebrations.
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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.
