ngoi6 din6外電外电
Jyutpingngoi6 din6
Yalengoih dihn
Definition
News reports or dispatches from foreign media outlets.
neutralcommunication
How it's used
Used primarily in journalism and professional contexts to refer to reports sourced from international news agencies like Reuters or AFP. It carries a sense of being a secondary or translated source of information rather than local reporting. While it sounds formal, it is frequently used in casual conversation when discussing international current affairs.
Measure word
pin1篇pīnExamples
I just saw a foreign dispatch saying there is a war going on over there.
Related words
Common phrases
foreign news report
citing foreign dispatches
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
