hoi2 waan1 hong4 hung1 gung1 si1海灣航空公司海湾航空公司
Jyutpinghoi2 waan1 hong4 hung1 gung1 si1
Yalehói wāan hòhng hūng gūng sī
Definition
Gulf Air; Gulf Air International Airline Company.
neutraltransporttravel
How it's used
Proper nouns for international companies are often used directly in Cantonese without translation, but this specific name is used when referring to the airline in formal or news contexts. When speaking casually, locals might simply refer to it as Gulf Air to avoid the mouthful of characters. It functions as a standard noun phrase in sentences.
Examples
Have you ever flown with Gulf Air?
Gulf Air tickets seem quite cheap.
Related words
Common phrases
to fly with Gulf Air
Gulf Air flight ticket
Grammar color guide
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Particle
Connector
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.
