jau6囿
Jyutpingjau6
Yaleyauh
Definition
To be limited or restricted; also refers to a park or walled enclosure.
- to be limited or restricted
- literaryan enclosure for keeping animals, or a garden park
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How it's used
The character 囿 is almost exclusively used in the compound 公園 to mean a public park. Outside of this specific compound, it is considered highly literary or archaic and is rarely encountered in modern spoken Cantonese. When referring to being limited or restricted, speakers prefer using 局限 or 限制 instead.
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Common phrases
park
Common mistake
Learners often mistake the character 囿 for the more common 園, which is the actual character used in the word for park. You will almost never see 囿 standing alone in a sentence in daily life.
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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.
