ji6 zin3二戰二战
Jyutpingji6 zin3
Yaleyih jin
Definition
World War II (1939-1945).
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How it's used
This abbreviation is the standard way to refer to the conflict in both casual conversation and historical discussions. It follows the common Cantonese pattern of shortening historical events by keeping only the ordinal number and the core noun, similar to how one might refer to the First World War as 一戰.
Examples
My grandfather had a very hard time during WWII.
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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.
