nai4 zyun1泥磚泥砖
Jyutpingnai4 zyun1
Yalenàih jyūn
Definition
Mudbrick, clay brick, or adobe brick made of mud mixed with straw.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to sun-dried or primitive building blocks made from earth and straw rather than kiln-fired bricks. It is rarely used in modern urban construction contexts and often appears in descriptions of historical architecture or rural settings.
Measure word
gau6嚿gauhExamples
This house was built with mudbricks in the past.
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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.
