ho6 seoi3賀歲贺岁
Jyutpingho6 seoi3
Yalehoh seui
Definition
To celebrate the Lunar New Year.
neutralfestivaltime
How it's used
Primarily functions as a modifier for nouns related to the Lunar New Year season, such as films, songs, or gift sets. It carries a festive and traditional atmosphere, specifically tied to the period around the first few days of the lunar calendar. Unlike general celebration terms, it is almost exclusively restricted to this specific holiday context.
Examples
What Lunar New Year celebration activities are there this year?
Their whole family went to the cinema to watch a Lunar New Year film.
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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.
