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Definition
Vast, expansive, and without border.
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How it's used
This character is almost exclusively used in formal or literary compounds like 浩瀚 to describe something immense or boundless. It does not function as a standalone adjective in everyday spoken Cantonese. You will rarely hear it outside of poetic descriptions of the sea, the sky, or abstract concepts like knowledge.
Examples
The vast ocean is boundless, it feels so comfortable to look at.
Knowledge is vast, we need to keep learning.
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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.
