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Definition
Tennis, a racket sport played individually or in doubles.
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How it's used
Tennis is almost exclusively referred to by the loanword or its direct translation in casual speech. When discussing the activity, always use the verb 打, which is the standard way to describe hitting a ball with a racket or bat in Cantonese.
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coeng4場chèunghExamples
Are you free to play tennis tomorrow?
He really likes watching tennis matches.
Related words
Common phrases
to play tennis
tennis court
tennis racket
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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.
