jan6 juk6孕育
Jyutpingjan6 juk6
Yaleyahn yuhk
Definition
To give birth to and nurture; to breed or give rise to.
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How it's used
Primarily used in formal or literary contexts to describe the long term development of abstract concepts like culture, history, or talent. It carries a sense of gradual growth and cultivation rather than simple production. While it can be used in speech, it often sounds quite sophisticated or academic.
Examples
This place has nurtured many talented people.
How was their culture nurtured and developed?
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Common mistake
Avoid using this word for simple biological birth or manufacturing, as it implies a complex process of development and fostering over time. Using it to describe a factory making products would sound unnatural and confusing.
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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.
