hoi2 dai2海底
Jyutpinghoi2 dai2
Yalehói dái
Definition
The seabed or seafloor; undersea.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the ocean floor or the environment beneath the sea surface. It is often used in contexts involving exploration, marine biology, or infrastructure projects like tunnels. While it functions as a noun, it frequently acts as a modifier for locations or phenomena found underwater.
Examples
The undersea world is really beautiful.
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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.
