maan5 fung1晚風晚风
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Yalemáahn fūng
Definition
Evening breeze or cool night wind.
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How it's used
While often appearing in poetic or literary contexts, this term is frequently used in casual conversation to describe the pleasant, cooling sensation of air at night. It is commonly associated with relaxing activities like walking along the promenade or sitting outdoors after the sun sets.
Examples
It is so comfortable to have the evening breeze blowing at night.
Do you like to enjoy the evening breeze by the seaside?
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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.
