jam4 jau1任丘

Jyutpingjam4 jau1

Yaleyàhm yāu

Definition

Renqiu, a county-level city in Hebei Province, China.

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How it's used

Geographic names of Chinese cities are typically used in Cantonese with the same characters as in Mandarin. When discussing locations, it is standard to use the preposition 喺 before the city name to indicate location.

Examples

nei5你zi1知m4唔zi1知jam4任jau1丘hai2喺bin1邊dou6度aa4呀？

Do you know where Renqiu is?

keoi5佢uk1屋kei2企jan4人zyu6住喺hai2任jam4丘㗎。

His family members live in Renqiu.

Common phrases

jam6任jau1丘si5市

Renqiu City

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jau5 tau4 wai1 mou5 mei5 zan6

有頭威冇尾陣有头威冇尾阵

To start off with great momentum but fail to sustain it; to start strongly but finish weakly.

jyun5

遠远

Far; distant; separated by a long physical or abstract distance.

jau4

蚰

A centipede-like insect, such as a house centipede or millipede.

jau4 dai6

郵遞邮递

To post or mail; the process of sending and delivering mail.

jat1 cau1 ji6 lang3

一抽二ｌｕｎｇ

To carry many bags; also used to describe having many children to take care of at once.

jau5 gam1 zap1

有金執有金执

To get money after doing something, often used in a rhetorical way to imply there is easy money to be made.

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