jam2 jin3飲宴饮宴
Jyutpingjam2 jin3
Yaleyám yin
Definition
A banquet or feast; an occasion where people gather to drink and dine.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to formal or semi-formal celebratory gatherings involving a large meal, most commonly wedding receptions. While it implies drinking and eating, the focus is heavily on the social event rather than the act of dining itself. It is often used interchangeably with 飲喜酒 when the context is a wedding.
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coeng4場chèunghExamples
There is a banquet tonight, do you want to go together?
They held a wedding banquet and invited many relatives and friends.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the general act of going out to eat or drink, which would be 飲嘢 or 食飯. Using this for a casual meal with friends sounds overly formal and slightly bizarre.
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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.
