saa1 taan1 gan1沙灘巾沙滩巾
Jyutpingsaa1 taan1 gan1
Yalesā tāan gān
Definition
A beach towel.
colloquialdaily actionstravel
How it's used
Refers specifically to the large, absorbent towels used for lounging on sand or drying off after a swim. While standard towels are simply called 沖涼巾 or 毛巾, this term is reserved for the larger, often more colourful variety taken to the beach or pool.
Measure word
tiu4條tìuhExamples
Remember to bring your beach towel when you go swimming.
Related words
Common phrases
bring a beach towel
spread out a beach towel
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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.
