oi3 ding1 bou2愛丁堡爱丁堡
Jyutpingoi3 ding1 bou2
Yaleoi dīng bóu
Definition
Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland.
neutralplacestravel
How it's used
Proper nouns for foreign cities are typically transliterated phonetically in Cantonese. When discussing travel, it is common to add the classifier 個 before the city name if you are referring to the destination as a specific place, though it is often omitted in casual speech.
Examples
I am going to travel to Edinburgh next month.
Do you know where Edinburgh is?
Related words
Common phrases
University of Edinburgh
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Grammar guides
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