mung4 dak6 lau4蒙特婁蒙特娄
Jyutpingmung4 dak6 lau4
Yalemùhng dahk làuh
Definition
Montreal, a city in Canada.
neutralplacestravel
How it's used
This is the standard phonetic transliteration used in Hong Kong for the Canadian city. While it is widely understood, some local speakers might occasionally use the English pronunciation or refer to it simply as a city in Canada if the context is clear.
Examples
I went to Montreal to study last year.
Related words
Common phrases
University of Montreal
Grammar color guide
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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.
