nung4 zok3 mat6農作物农作物
Jyutpingnung4 zok3 mat6
Yalenùhng jok maht
Definition
Crops; plants grown in large quantities, especially for food.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to agricultural produce grown on a large scale for human consumption or commercial use. While technically accurate, it sounds quite formal or academic in daily life. Most people simply refer to specific types of produce like 菜 or 水果 when talking about what they eat.
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pai1批pāiExamples
The crops here are growing very well this year.
Will the typhoon affect the crop harvest?
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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.
