nei4 bok6 ji5尼泊爾尼泊尔
Jyutpingnei4 bok6 ji5
Yalenèih bohk yíh
Definition
Nepal, a landlocked country in South Asia in the Himalayas, bordering China and India.
neutralplacestravel
How it's used
Pronunciation often shifts in casual speech, where some speakers might drop the initial consonant or soften the vowels, though the standard form remains clear. It is frequently associated with trekking and mountaineering culture in Hong Kong, given the country's proximity to the Himalayas.
Examples
Have you thought about traveling to Nepal this year?
My friends went hiking in Nepal, the scenery is beautiful.
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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.
