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Definition
Microblog; a social media platform for short posts, such as Weibo.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the Chinese social media platform Weibo, which functions similarly to Twitter. It is often treated as a proper noun in conversation, so it is rarely used as a generic term for microblogging.
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Do you usually use Weibo?
He shared a lot of photos on Weibo.
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Classifier
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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.
