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Definition
An estate with gardens, or a residential estate; also a gathering place for academics and arts.
- an estate with gardens; a residential estate
- a gathering place for academics and arts
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How it's used
Primarily appears in the compound 屋苑 to describe modern private residential complexes in Hong Kong. It carries a slightly more formal or elegant tone compared to simply calling a place a building or a flat. Outside of property names, it is occasionally used in names of cultural or academic institutions to imply a refined, garden-like space for scholarly pursuits.
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The environment in this residential estate is very quiet.
Which residential estate do you live in?
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Common phrases
large-scale residential estate
private residential estate
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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.
