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Jyutpingpaang4 liu4
Yalepàahng lìuh
Definition
A shack, shed, or hut, often used for temporary storage of building materials.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a temporary structure or enclosure built on a construction site to house tools, materials, or equipment. It carries a sense of being makeshift and functional rather than a permanent building. You will mostly hear this term used by workers in the construction or renovation industry.
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All the construction materials are stored in the shed.
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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.
