lim5 hung2臉孔脸孔
Jyutpinglim5 hung2
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Definition
Face; facial appearance or features.
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How it's used
While 臉孔 is a valid way to refer to a face, it is often used in more descriptive or slightly formal contexts compared to the everyday word 面. You will frequently hear it when discussing someone's expression or when describing a face that is unfamiliar or memorable. In casual daily speech, people almost always prefer using 面 or the even more common colloquial way of referring to someone's appearance, 個樣.
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Their face is very unfamiliar, I don't think I've seen them before.
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Common mistake
Learners often use 臉孔 interchangeably with 面, but 臉孔 can sound a bit literary or stiff in very casual situations. If you are just talking about washing your face or a physical injury, stick to 面.
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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.
