jyu5 hong4 jyun4宇航員宇航员
Jyutpingjyu5 hong4 jyun4
Yaleyúh hòhng yùhn
Definition
Astronaut.
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How it's used
While 宇航員 is understood in Hong Kong due to its use in formal news or mainland Chinese media, it is rarely used in daily speech. Locals almost exclusively use 太空人 to describe someone who travels into space. Using 宇航員 in casual conversation will sound like you are reading from a textbook or watching a news report.
Measure word
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Common phrases
train astronauts
Common mistake
Do not confuse 太空人 with the slang term 太空人, which refers to a parent who works in a different country while their family lives in Hong Kong, leaving them living apart like an astronaut in space.
Grammar color guide
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Particle
Connector
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.
