sek6 cyun1 jyun6石川縣石川县
Jyutpingsek6 cyun1 jyun6
Yalesehk chyūn yuhn
Definition
Ishikawa Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan.
neutralplacestravel
How it's used
Place names in Japan are often referred to using their Japanese kanji, which are identical to the traditional Chinese characters used in Hong Kong. When discussing travel, it is common to add the classifier 個 before the prefecture name if you are treating it as a specific destination or location in a sentence.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
When are you going to travel to Ishikawa Prefecture?
The seafood in Ishikawa Prefecture is really famous.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
