lai5澧
Jyutpinglai5
Yaleláih
Definition
Used in names.
neutralpeople
How it's used
Characters like this are almost exclusively reserved for personal names or specific place names in Hong Kong. You will rarely encounter it in daily vocabulary or general writing outside of formal documentation or introductions. It functions as a morpheme rather than a standalone word with independent meaning in modern speech.
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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.
