jyu4妤
Jyutpingjyu4
Yaleyùh
Definition
A character used in personal names.
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How it's used
Characters like 妤 are almost exclusively reserved for feminine given names in Hong Kong. It carries a classical, elegant connotation often associated with beauty or grace. You will rarely encounter this character outside of a formal name context.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
