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Definition
Horticulture; gardening; activities related to cultivating and caring for plants.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the hobby or practice of cultivating plants, often implying a more systematic or serious approach than just keeping a few potted plants. While it is a standard term, people often use more casual phrasing like 種花 or 打理花園 in everyday conversation to describe the same activity.
Examples
He has recently taken up gardening and is always buying flowers to bring home.
Do you think gardening is very hard to learn?
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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.
