ngan4 zoeng2銀獎银奖
Jyutpingngan4 zoeng2
Yalengàhn jéung
Definition
Silver medal or second prize; an award given to the runner-up.
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How it's used
Used primarily in formal competitions or music industry award ceremonies to denote the runner up position. It carries a sense of prestige despite being secondary to the gold award. It is rarely used in casual contexts outside of specific ranking scenarios.
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She won the silver award for female singer this year.
Related words
Common phrases
to win the silver award
to receive the silver award
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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.
