lou4 sam1 bou2盧森堡卢森堡
Jyutpinglou4 sam1 bou2
Yalelòuh sām bóu
Definition
Luxembourg; a landlocked country in Western Europe, or its capital city of the same name.
- Luxembourg (a landlocked country in Western Europe)
- Luxembourg City (the capital of the country)
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How it's used
Geographic names in Cantonese often follow the same pronunciation patterns as their English counterparts, but the characters used are fixed by convention. It functions as a proper noun and does not typically take a measure word when referring to the country itself. When distinguishing between the country and the city, context is usually sufficient, though one might specify 盧森堡市 to be precise.
Examples
Luxembourg is a very small country.
Are you going to travel to Luxembourg this year?
Related words
Common phrases
Luxembourg City
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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.
