ngok6鱷鳄
Jyutpingngok6
Yalengohk
Definition
Crocodile or alligator.
colloquialanimals
How it's used
This character is almost exclusively used as a bound morpheme within the compound 鱷魚. While it represents the animal itself, you will rarely hear it standing alone in casual speech. It is common to use the full term even when the context is clear.
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zek3隻jekExamples
There is a crocodile inside the zoo.
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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.
