hoeng1 ziu1香蕉
Jyutpinghoeng1 ziu1
Yalehēung jīu
Definition
Banana
colloquialfood
How it's used
While 香蕉 is the standard term, you will often hear people simply say 蕉 when the context is clear. When buying them at a market, they are almost always sold by the bunch, so you will frequently hear the measure word 梳 used instead of the individual 隻 or 條.
Measure word
zek3隻jekExamples
I like to eat a banana in the morning.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
