loi4 sok3 tok3萊索托莱索托
Jyutpingloi4 sok3 tok3
Yalelòih sok tok
Definition
Lesotho, a landlocked country in southern Africa entirely surrounded by South Africa.
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How it's used
Geographic names of countries are often used with the classifier 個 when discussing them as entities. While it is a sovereign nation, its unique status as an enclave within South Africa is the most common context for mentioning it in conversation.
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go3個goExamples
Lesotho is a country surrounded by South Africa.
Do you know where Lesotho is?
Related words
Common phrases
Kingdom of Lesotho
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
