jau4 tin4油田
Jyutpingjau4 tin4
Yaleyàuh tìhn
Definition
Oilfield; an area with enough oil reserves to be developed for mining.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a geographical area designated for industrial petroleum extraction. It is a technical term primarily used in news, geography, or economic discussions rather than casual daily conversation. When discussing the scale of an oilfield, it is common to use the measure word 塊 to describe the physical area.
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faai3塊faiExamples
The output of this oilfield is very high.
Do you know where there are new oilfields?
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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.
