kwan1 si5昆市
Jyutpingkwan1 si5
Yalekwān síh
Definition
Quincy, a city in Massachusetts, United States.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the city in Massachusetts with a significant Cantonese speaking population. It is almost exclusively used by members of the diaspora or those with family connections to the area. When speaking about American cities, Cantonese speakers often use these specific transliterations rather than the Mandarin pinyin versions.
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Quincy Center
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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.
