se5 fo1社科
Jyutpingse5 fo1
Yaleséh fō
Definition
Social science; short for 社會科學 (se5 wui2 fo1 hok6).
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How it's used
Used almost exclusively in academic or casual conversations among students to save time. It functions as a shorthand for the full term, similar to how English speakers use acronyms like psych or soc. It is rarely used in formal writing or official documents.
Examples
They studied social sciences at university.
Do you think social science degrees have good career prospects?
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
