ping4 joeng6平壤
Jyutpingping4 joeng6
Yalepìhng yeuhng
Definition
Pyongyang, the capital and largest city of North Korea.
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How it's used
Geographical names are generally used without classifiers in Cantonese when referring to the city itself. It is standard to treat it as a proper noun, and it functions identically to other major international city names like 倫敦 or 東京.
Examples
Do you know where Pyongyang is?
He is going to travel to Pyongyang next month.
Related words
Common phrases
Pyongyang City
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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.
