joeng5 fung1養蜂养蜂
Jyutpingjoeng5 fung1
Yaleyéuhng fūng
Definition
Beekeeping; the practice of raising bees to harvest honey, beeswax, or pollen.
colloquialnaturedaily actions
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the professional or hobbyist practice of keeping hives for harvest. While it functions as a verb, it is frequently treated as a noun describing the activity itself. It is distinct from simply keeping bees as pets, as it implies an agricultural or commercial intent.
Examples
After he retired, he went back to the countryside to learn beekeeping.
Do you know that beekeeping actually requires a lot of skill?
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
