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Definition
Calyx of a flower.
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How it's used
Botanical terms like this are rarely used in daily conversation unless someone is specifically discussing gardening or plant anatomy. Most people simply refer to the part of the flower near the stem as the bottom or base if they do not know the technical term.
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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.
