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Jyutpingjik6 keoi1
Yaleyihk kēui
Definition
Epidemic area; an area heavily affected by an epidemic.
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How it's used
This term is primarily used in formal news reports or official government announcements regarding public health crises. While it sounds clinical, it is frequently heard in daily conversation whenever there is a major outbreak, as people use it to describe restricted zones or places they should avoid traveling to.
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That place has already been designated as an epidemic area.
Related words
Common phrases
designated as an epidemic area
leave the epidemic area
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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.
