maa1 uk1孖屋
Jyutpingmaa1 uk1
Yalemā ūk
Definition
Semi-detached house, duplex, or twin houses sharing a common wall.
colloquialhomeplaces
How it's used
Refers specifically to a pair of houses sharing a common wall, often found in older village developments or specific residential estates. While it describes the structure, it is frequently used to distinguish these semi-detached units from standalone village houses or high-rise apartments.
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gaan1間gānExamples
They moved into that duplex to live.
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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.
