paai4 geoi3俳句
Jyutpingpaai4 geoi3
Yalepàaih geui
Definition
Haiku; a form of Japanese poetry consisting of lines with a five-seven-five syllable pattern.
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How it's used
Borrowing directly from Japanese, this term is used in academic or literary contexts when discussing poetry. Because it is a specific foreign cultural form, it does not have a native Cantonese equivalent and is treated as a loanword. It is rarely used in casual daily conversation unless the speaker is specifically talking about literature or Japanese culture.
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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.
