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Definition
The name of several water bodies.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a collection of water on the ground, such as a puddle or a small pool. It is frequently used to describe the aftermath of heavy rain when water accumulates in uneven spots on the pavement. While it can technically refer to larger bodies of water in certain dialects, in daily Hong Kong speech, it is almost exclusively associated with surface water or puddles.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the Mandarin term for waterlogging or flooding, which uses different characters. In Cantonese, it is a concrete noun for the puddle itself rather than the abstract concept of a flood event.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
