jyu4 gau2魚笱鱼笱
Jyutpingjyu4 gau2
Yaleyùh gáu
Definition
A basket used for catching fish.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a traditional funnel shaped trap made of bamboo or wicker used to catch fish in shallow water. It is rarely used in modern urban Hong Kong and is mostly encountered in descriptions of rural life or traditional fishing practices.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
He took the fish basket to the river to catch fish.
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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.
