lai5 baai3 luk6禮拜六礼拜六
Jyutpinglai5 baai3 luk6
Yaleláih baai luhk
Definition
Saturday; the last day of the week.
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How it's used
People in Hong Kong use 禮拜六 and 星期六 interchangeably in daily speech. While 禮拜 literally refers to a religious service, it has become the standard way to count weeks and name days. You will hear both terms equally often in casual conversation.
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go3個goExamples
Shall we go hiking this Saturday?
He has to work on Saturday too, which is really miserable.
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Common mistake
Avoid using 禮拜六 to mean 'a week's time'. If you want to say 'in a week', use 遲啲或者下個禮拜 instead.
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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.
