ping4 zi6平治
Jyutpingping4 zi6
Yalepìhng jih
Definition
Mercedes-Benz, a German luxury car brand.
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How it's used
Hong Kongers almost exclusively use this term to refer to the car brand, while the formal name 梅賽德斯奔馳 is rarely heard in casual speech. It is common to hear people refer to the brand simply as Benz, but 平治 remains the standard Cantonese transliteration used in official contexts and by older generations.
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gaa3架gaExamples
The Mercedes he just bought is really beautiful.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
