jin3 tong2 zaam6燕塘站
Jyutpingjin3 tong2 zaam6
Yaleyin tóng jaahm
Definition
Yantang Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China.
colloquialtransportplaces
How it's used
Proper nouns for locations in Guangzhou are often used in Cantonese conversation when discussing travel across the border. When referring to specific transit hubs, the suffix 站 is essential to distinguish the station from the surrounding neighborhood. It functions exactly like any other station name in the Hong Kong MTR system.
Examples
Are you transferring at Yantang Station or going there directly?
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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.
