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Jyutpinghung1 zung1 baa1 si2
Yalehūng jūng bā sí
Definition
Airbus; the European aircraft manufacturer, or a passenger aircraft produced by them.
colloquialtransport
How it's used
People in Hong Kong often use this term to refer to the company itself or any specific aircraft manufactured by them. While the brand name Airbus is widely understood, the Cantonese term is the standard way to identify these planes in casual conversation or news reports. It is almost always paired with the classifier 架 when referring to a specific plane.
Measure word
gaa3架gaExamples
He took that Airbus to Europe.
Related words
Common phrases
Airbus A380
Grammar color guide
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Classifier
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Connector
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.
