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je5 aap3野鴨野鸭

Jyutpingje5 aap3
Yaleyéh aap

Definition

Wild duck.

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Hot dog, or colloquially a non-air-conditioned bus.
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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.
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