hei2 uk1起屋
Jyutpinghei2 uk1
Yalehéi ūk
Definition
To build houses.
colloquialhomedaily actions
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the physical act of construction rather than the abstract concept of real estate development. While it can refer to large scale projects, it is equally common when talking about someone building a small structure or a village house in the New Territories. It carries a more grounded, manual feel compared to the formal term 興建.
Examples
They plan to build houses here.
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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.
