hung1 gaan1空間空间
Jyutpinghung1 gaan1
Yalehūng gāan
Definition
Physical space, room, or scope for activities and existence.
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How it's used
Refers primarily to physical capacity or the area available for objects to occupy. While it can be used in abstract contexts like personal freedom or room for improvement, it is most frequently encountered when discussing interior design, architecture, or storage capacity.
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This room is very small, there is not much space to put things.
Do you think this design has enough space?
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Common mistake
Avoid using it to mean a specific empty seat or a gap between objects, where words like 位 or 空位 are much more natural in daily speech.
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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.
