jan1 ping4恩平
Jyutpingjan1 ping4
Yaleyān pìhng
Definition
Enping, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangmen in Guangdong, China, and one of the Siyi.
neutralplaces
How it's used
Enping is one of the four counties historically known as Siyi, which is a key cultural and linguistic region in Guangdong. People from this area often speak a distinct variety of Cantonese that is noticeably different from the standard Hong Kong dialect, particularly in its vocabulary and tone patterns.
Examples
His family members are from Enping.
Do you know how to get to Enping?
Related words
Common phrases
person from Enping
Grammar color guide
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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.
