saam1 faan4 si5 sing4 si5 tit3 lou6三藩市城市鐵路三藩市城市铁路
Jyutpingsaam1 faan4 si5 sing4 si5 tit3 lou6
Yalesāam fàahn síh sìhng síh tit louh
Definition
San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni); the public transit system of San Francisco.
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How it's used
Locals in Hong Kong almost never use the full name 三藩市城市鐵路 in daily conversation. Instead, they refer to the system by its English acronym, BART, even when speaking Cantonese. Using the full Chinese name sounds like reading from a formal government document or a travel guidebook.
Examples
Do you know how to take the San Francisco urban railway?
I am taking the San Francisco urban railway to downtown today.
Related words
Common phrases
take the San Francisco urban railway
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the MTR in Hong Kong. While it is a rail system, using the term 港鐵 to refer to it would be incorrect and confusing.
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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.
