jan5 jung6引用
Jyutpingjan5 jung6
Yaleyáhn yuhng
Definition
To quote or cite someone else's material, such as sentences, paragraphs, or images.
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How it's used
While this term is common in academic and formal writing, it sounds quite stiff in casual conversation. People usually prefer using the phrase 攞人哋啲嘢嚟講 or 抄人哋啲字 when talking about quoting someone informally. It carries a sense of authority and is typically reserved for professional or scholarly contexts.
Examples
He cited a lot of data when writing his thesis.
Do you have a source for the quote you just used?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 借用, which means to borrow something for temporary use. Remember that 引用 is strictly for intellectual or textual references, not for physical objects.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
