ho4 lei5 wut6荷里活
Jyutpingho4 lei5 wut6
Yalehòh léih wuht
Definition
Hollywood; a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the US film industry.
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How it's used
This term is a direct phonetic loan from English and is used exclusively to refer to the district in Los Angeles. It is the standard way to describe the American film industry in Cantonese conversation. Unlike some other place names, it does not have a native Chinese equivalent that is used in daily speech.
Examples
Do you like watching Hollywood movies?
They are going to travel to Hollywood next month.
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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.
