saan1 dei6山地
Jyutpingsaan1 dei6
Yalesāan deih
Definition
Mountainous region; a mountainous area or a place up in the mountains.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to geographical terrain that is rugged or elevated, rather than just a single mountain. It is often used in formal or descriptive contexts, such as geography or urban planning, to distinguish such areas from flat plains or urbanized lowlands.
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That place is a mountainous region, it is not suitable for building apartments.
Do you know where there is a large mountainous area?
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Common phrases
mountainous climate
develop mountainous land
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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.
