hei2 ling4 zau1喜靈洲喜灵洲
Jyutpinghei2 ling4 zau1
Yalehéi lìhng jāu
Definition
Hei Ling Chau, an island in Hong Kong.
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How it's used
Hei Ling Chau is primarily known in Hong Kong for housing correctional facilities and a drug addiction treatment center. Because of its restricted access, locals rarely visit the island for leisure or tourism. When mentioning it in conversation, it is almost always in the context of government facilities or specific maritime routes.
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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.



