hong4 dou6航道
Jyutpinghong4 dou6
Yalehòhng douh
Definition
Shipping lane, flight path, or water channel; the pre-planned route for a ship or aircraft.
neutraltransport
How it's used
Primarily used in maritime and aviation contexts to describe the designated path for vessels or aircraft. It implies a strict adherence to a pre-planned route, making it common in discussions about navigation safety or traffic management. While it can be used metaphorically for life paths or career trajectories, it retains a formal tone compared to more casual words for paths or roads.
Measure word
tiu4條tìuhExamples
The ship went off course, it is very dangerous.
Are there usually many ships traveling along this channel?
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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.
