pin3 bou3遍佈遍布
Jyutpingpin3 bou3
Yalepin bou
Definition
To be spread all over or found everywhere.
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How it's used
This verb is typically used to describe things that are widely distributed or scattered across a large area. It often carries a slightly formal or descriptive tone, making it common in news reports or written narratives rather than casual, everyday conversation. When describing something that is simply everywhere in a more informal way, speakers often prefer using phrases like 到處都係.
Examples
Convenience stores here are found in every street and alley.
His footprints are spread all over the world.
Related words
Common phrases
spread all over the world
found in every place
Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use this as an adjective, but it functions primarily as a verb. Avoid using it to describe a single object that is just large; it must imply a collection of items or a phenomenon that has physically spread out across a space.
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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.
