maa5 dak1 lei5馬德里马德里
Jyutpingmaa5 dak1 lei5
Yalemáh dāk léih
Definition
Madrid, the capital and largest city of Spain, or its surrounding autonomous community.
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How it's used
Pronunciation of foreign city names in Cantonese often follows the English or Mandarin phonetic approximation, but 馬德里 is the standard established transliteration used in all formal and informal contexts. It is treated as a proper noun and does not typically take a measure word when referring to the city itself.
Examples
Madrid is the capital of Spain.
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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.
