ji1 gwai6衣櫃衣柜
Jyutpingji1 gwai6
Yaleyī gwaih
Definition
Wardrobe; a cabinet-like piece of furniture used for storing clothes.
colloquialhome
How it's used
Refers specifically to a large, standalone or built-in piece of furniture for hanging or storing clothes. It is distinct from a smaller drawer unit or a chest. People often use it to emphasize how much storage space they lack in cramped Hong Kong apartments.
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go3個goExamples
Your wardrobe is stuffed to the brim, and you're still buying clothes?
I've put all my winter clothes into the wardrobe.
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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.
