neoi5 jan2 gaai1女人街
Jyutpingneoi5 jan2 gaai1
Yalenéuih yán gāai
Definition
Ladies' Market, a popular shopping street section of Tung Choi Street in Mong Kok, Hong Kong.
colloquialplacesshopping
How it's used
Locals use this name specifically for the section of Tung Choi Street in Mong Kok known for its outdoor stalls. While it translates to Ladies Street, it is a major tourist destination where you can find everything from souvenirs to cheap clothing. It is rarely used to refer to the residential parts of the same street further north.
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tiu4條tìuhExamples
Most of the things at Ladies Market are bought by tourists.
Related words
Common phrases
to stroll through Ladies Market
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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.
