on1 saang2安省
Jyutpingon1 saang2
Yaleōn sáang
Definition
Ontario, Canada.
colloquialplaces
How it's used
Refers specifically to the Canadian province of Ontario, often used by the large Cantonese speaking diaspora in Canada. It follows the common pattern of shortening place names by taking the first character, similar to how BC is often referred to as 卑詩省.
Examples
His whole family immigrated to Ontario.
Do you live in Ontario?
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Grammar guides
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- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
