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Yalepaai deui
Definition
A party or celebration where people gather to have fun.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to social gatherings or celebrations, often implying a more modern or Western style of event. While it is a loanword from English, it has become the standard term for organized social festivities in Hong Kong. It is frequently paired with the verb 開 to describe the act of hosting or attending.
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Where are we going to have a party tonight?
He threw a really big birthday party.
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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.
