paai4 kau4排球
Jyutpingpaai4 kau4
Yalepàaih kàuh
Definition
Volleyball; the sport or the ball itself.
neutralsports
How it's used
Refers specifically to the sport played on a court with a net, distinct from other ball games. Like many sports in Cantonese, the verb used for playing is 打, which is also used for basketball or tennis.
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go3個goExamples
Are you interested in playing volleyball tomorrow?
Their volleyball team practiced for the whole afternoon.
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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.
