ping4 jyun4平原
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Yalepìhng yùhn
Definition
Plain; a large, low-lying area of flat land.
neutralnatureplaces
How it's used
Refers specifically to geographical landscapes rather than just any flat surface. It is a formal term often found in geography textbooks or news reports about regional development. In casual speech, people might simply describe such areas as 平地 or 闊落嘅地方.
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That place is a vast plain, it looks very open at a glance.
Do you want to go to the plains or the mountainous regions to play?
Related words
Common phrases
boundless plains
plain region
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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.
