hong4 hoi2航海
Jyutpinghong4 hoi2
Yalehòhng hói
Definition
To navigate, sail, or travel by sea.
neutraltransporttravel
How it's used
Refers specifically to the act of navigating large vessels across open water, carrying a formal or literary tone. It is rarely used in casual daily conversation to describe recreational boating, where terms like 揸船 or 玩帆船 are preferred. You will mostly encounter this in contexts involving maritime history, professional shipping, or epic travel narratives.
Examples
They decided to sail to distant lands for an adventure.
Have you ever tried sailing?
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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.
