ngan4 cyun1銀川银川
Jyutpingngan4 cyun1
Yalengàhn chyūn
Definition
Yinchuan, a city in northwestern China and the capital of Ningxia.
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How it's used
Yinchuan is the capital city of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China. While it is a major cultural and historical hub, it is rarely discussed in daily Hong Kong conversation unless one is specifically talking about travel or geography. It is treated as a proper noun and follows standard rules for geographical locations.
Examples
Do you know where Yinchuan is?
I am going to travel to Yinchuan next month.
Related words
Common phrases
Yinchuan City
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.
