kwai4 cing1 keoi1葵青區葵青区
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Yalekwàih chīng kēui
Definition
Kwai Tsing District, one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong.
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How it's used
Kwai Tsing District is a portmanteau of the names of two major areas, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi. It is common to refer to the district by its full name in formal or administrative contexts, but locals often specify which side of the district they are in when discussing daily life.
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Whereabouts in Kwai Tsing District do you live?
There are many large public housing estates in Kwai Tsing District.
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Common phrases
Kwai Tsing District Council
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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.
