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Yaleoi
Definition
Your daughter.
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How it's used
This term is strictly formal and used primarily in written correspondence or highly respectful speech when addressing someone of a higher social status or an elder. It is almost exclusively used in the phrase 令嬡, where 令 acts as an honorific prefix meaning honorable or noble. Using it in casual, everyday conversation with friends or peers will sound extremely unnatural and overly stiff.
Examples
Which school is your daughter attending this year?
Thank you for taking such good care of your daughter.
Related words
Common phrases
your honorable daughter
Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use this term when referring to their own daughter, which is incorrect. When speaking about your own daughter, you should use the humble term 小女.
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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.



