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Jyutpingmat6 sai1 sai1 bei2 ho4
Yalemaht sāi sāi béi hòh
Definition
The Mississippi River, the longest river in the United States, located in central-southern North America.
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How it's used
Geographical names of this length are often treated as proper nouns without needing additional classifiers in casual speech. When referring to it as a river, it is common to append 河 to the end to clarify its nature, even though the name itself already contains the phonetic representation of the river's name.
Measure word
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The Mississippi River is a very long river in the United States.
Do you know where the Mississippi River is?
Related words
Common phrases
span across the Mississippi River
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
