jit6 hei3 kau4熱氣球热气球
Jyutpingjit6 hei3 kau4
Yaleyiht hei kàuh
Definition
Hot-air balloon.
colloquialtransporttravel
How it's used
Refers specifically to the recreational or transport device that relies on buoyancy from heated air. It is rarely used in daily life in Hong Kong since there are no local hot-air balloon services, so it is mostly associated with travel abroad or movies.
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go3個goExamples
Do you know where one can ride a hot-air balloon?
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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.
