sang1 taai3 waan4 ging2生態環境生态环境
Jyutpingsang1 taai3 waan4 ging2
Yalesāng taai wàahn gíng
Definition
Ecological environment; ecosystem and its physical surroundings.
neutralnature
How it's used
Used primarily in formal contexts such as news reports, academic discussions, or government policy documents. It is rarely heard in casual, everyday conversation between friends because it is a compound noun that sounds quite academic. When discussing nature or the outdoors informally, people usually prefer simpler terms like 大自然.
Examples
The ecological environment here is very fragile.
What do you think of this ecological environment?
Related words
Common phrases
damage the ecological environment
protect the ecological environment
Grammar color guide
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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.
