juk1煜
Jyutpingjuk1
Yaleyūk
Definition
Brilliant or shining; primarily used in personal names.
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How it's used
Characters like 煜 are almost exclusively found in given names and carry a literary or auspicious connotation. It is rarely used as a standalone word in everyday speech, appearing mostly in written forms or when introducing someone's name. Because it is a formal character, it is often paired with other characters that balance its brightness or fire-related meaning.
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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.
