hoeng1 gong2 fong4 uk1 hip3 wui2香港房屋協會香港房屋协会
Jyutpinghoeng1 gong2 fong4 uk1 hip3 wui2
Yalehēung góng fòhng ūk hip wúi
Definition
Hong Kong Housing Society; a non-government organization providing affordable housing in Hong Kong.
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How it's used
Often abbreviated as 房協 in casual conversation to distinguish it from the government-run Housing Authority, which is known as 房委會. It functions as a non-profit organization providing subsidized housing, distinct from the public rental estates managed directly by the government.
Examples
The place where I live was built by the Hong Kong Housing Society.
Do you know where the Hong Kong Housing Society office is located?
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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.
