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Yaleyíng pín
Definition
Video; moving images captured, recorded, or broadcasted electronically.
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How it's used
While 影片 is the standard term for video, it often feels slightly formal or technical in casual speech. Most Hong Kongers prefer using the English loanword 片 or the more specific 短片 when referring to short clips on social media. Using 影片 in everyday conversation is perfectly acceptable but can sound a bit like you are reading from a news report or a formal document.
Measure word
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Related words
Common mistake
Learners often use the measure_word 個 for videos, but the specific classifier for a video clip is 條. Using 個 will sound unnatural to native speakers.
Grammar color guide
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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.
