hei2 zau2喜酒
Jyutpinghei2 zau2
Yalehéi jáu
Definition
A Chinese wedding banquet or feast.
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How it's used
The verb 飲 is almost always used with 喜酒 to mean attending the banquet. It highlights the social aspect of the event, focusing on the act of drinking and celebrating together at a table. You will frequently hear people ask about when someone is going to 飲喜酒 as a way to inquire about their wedding plans.
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caan1餐chānExamples
When are you going to invite me to your wedding banquet?
They are holding their wedding banquet next month, it will surely be lively.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with a general party or dinner. It specifically refers to the traditional Chinese wedding banquet held at a restaurant, not a casual wedding ceremony or a Western style reception.
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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.
