hung1 gon1烘乾烘干
Jyutpinghung1 gon1
Yalehūng gōn
Definition
To dry something using heat
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How it's used
Focuses on the process of using heat to remove moisture rather than just air drying. It is frequently associated with using appliances like hair dryers, heaters, or specialized drying machines. Unlike simple drying, it implies an active, often artificial, heat source.
Examples
Your shirt is still wet, go dry it with heat first.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this for drying things naturally under the sun, which is more commonly described as 曬乾. Using 烘乾 for sun-drying sounds unnatural as it specifically implies an external heat source.
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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.
