lok6 jyun4樂園乐园
Jyutpinglok6 jyun4
Yalelohk yùhn
Definition
Paradise, or an amusement park.
- paradise; a place of extreme happiness
- amusement park; theme park
colloquialplaces
How it's used
While often used for amusement parks like Disneyland or Ocean Park, this term carries a slightly more poetic or idealized nuance than the functional term 遊樂場. It frequently appears in names of commercial venues, but in casual speech, it can also describe any place where someone feels exceptionally happy or free from stress.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
We are going to Disneyland to play tomorrow.
This place is simply a paradise for children.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 遊樂場, which specifically refers to a playground or a physical facility with rides. Using 樂園 to describe a standard neighborhood playground sounds overly dramatic or poetic.
Grammar color guide
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Classifier
Particle
Connector
Grammar guides
- In 30 secondsThe whole language at a glance. No tenses, no plurals, six tones, sentence particles. Read this before you dive into any specific topic.
- ParticlesSentence particles add tone, emotion, and nuance. Learn the most common particles in Cantonese and how to use them.
- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
