hung1 ngaa4 lei6匈牙利
Jyutpinghung1 ngaa4 lei6
Yalehūng ngàh leih
Definition
Hungary; a landlocked country in Central Europe with its capital in Budapest.
neutralplacestravel
How it's used
Geographical names in Cantonese often follow the same tone rules as other nouns, but they are frequently preceded by the word 國家 when clarifying the context. Unlike some other European countries that have widely used nicknames or shortened forms, this name is almost exclusively used in its full three-character form.
Examples
Are you going to travel to Hungary this year?
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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.
