mak6 ji5 bun2墨爾本墨尔本
Jyutpingmak6 ji5 bun2
Yalemahk yíh bún
Definition
Melbourne, a city in Australia.
neutralplacestravel
How it's used
This is the standard transliteration for the Australian city. It is used exactly like any other place name in Cantonese, often appearing with verbs like 去 or 飛去 when discussing travel plans.
Examples
I will fly to Melbourne next month.
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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.
