noi6 zin3內戰内战
Jyutpingnoi6 zin3
Yalenoih jin
Definition
Civil war; war between different factions within the same country.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to armed conflict between factions within a single sovereign state. While it carries a serious and formal tone, it is frequently used in news reports and political discussions to describe ongoing instability in foreign countries.
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This civil war has caused many people to be displaced.
Do you think that country will break out into a civil war?
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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.
