loeng4 hau2良口
Jyutpingloeng4 hau2
Yalelèuhng háu
Definition
Liangkou, a town in Conghua district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
colloquialplaces
How it's used
Geographical names like this are treated as proper nouns and typically do not take a measure word. When mentioning specific towns in Mainland China, speakers often use the particle 喺 to indicate location or destination. It is standard to treat it as a specific point on a map rather than a general area.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
