jiu4洮
Jyutpingjiu4
Yaleyìuh
Definition
Name of a river in China.
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How it's used
This character is almost exclusively used as a proper noun for the Tao River in Gansu province. It is rarely encountered in daily spoken Cantonese unless discussing geography or history. Most native speakers would recognize the character from written texts rather than oral communication.
Examples
Where is the Tao River?
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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.
