jyu6 bou3預報预报
Jyutpingjyu6 bou3
Yaleyuh bou
Definition
To forecast or predict future events and make the information public.
neutralweathercommunication
How it's used
Primarily reserved for formal or professional contexts like weather reports or economic projections. It implies a systematic or official announcement rather than a casual guess or personal opinion. Using it to describe a friend's prediction about a party would sound overly stiff or bureaucratic.
Examples
The Observatory forecasts heavy rain for tomorrow.
Have you checked the weather forecast yet?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this to mean a casual guess or a hunch. For personal predictions or guesses, use 估 or 預計 instead.
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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.
