long4廊
Jyutpinglong4
Yalelòhng
Definition
Corridor; a long, narrow passageway.
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How it's used
Rarely appears as a standalone noun in modern spoken Cantonese. It almost exclusively functions as a bound morpheme within the compound 走廊. Using it on its own sounds highly literary or archaic, as if quoting classical poetry.
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Common phrases
corridor
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Grammar guides
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