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Jyutpingsat1 jau5
Yalesāt yáuh
Definition
Roommate; a person who shares a room or apartment but is not a relative.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to someone sharing a bedroom or a flat, but it is often used loosely to describe anyone living in the same rented space. While it is a standard term, younger people in shared housing often just use the English loanword roommate directly in conversation.
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My relationship with my roommate is very bad.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 同屋, which usually refers to someone sharing a house or flat but not necessarily the same bedroom. Using 室友 implies a closer, more shared living arrangement.
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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.
