ho4 noi6河內河内
Jyutpingho4 noi6
Yalehòh noih
Definition
Hanoi, the capital, industrial, and cultural center of Vietnam.
neutralplacestravel
How it's used
Refers specifically to the capital city of Vietnam. It is treated as a proper noun and functions like any other city name in a sentence structure. When discussing travel, it is common to pair it with verbs like 去 or 喺.
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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.
