ping4 fong1 gan1平方根
Jyutpingping4 fong1 gan1
Yalepìhng fōng gān
Definition
Square root.
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How it's used
Mathematical terms like this are often borrowed directly from formal Chinese terminology and used in academic or technical contexts. While understood by everyone, you will rarely hear it outside of a classroom or a professional setting involving calculations. In casual conversation, people might just describe the operation if they need to explain it to someone else.
Examples
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Common phrases
to extract a square root
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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.
