leoi3櫚榈
Jyutpingleoi3
Yaleleui
Definition
Palm tree; a type of tropical tree.
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How it's used
While 櫚 is the specific character for palm, it is rarely used in isolation in daily speech. You will almost always hear it as part of the compound 櫚樹 to clearly identify the plant. It is common to see these trees in landscaping around Hong Kong, but people often use the more generic term 樹 if the specific species is not the focus of the conversation.
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fo2棵fóExamples
There are many palm trees planted inside the park.
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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.
