sek6 bik1石壁
Jyutpingsek6 bik1
Yalesehk bīk
Definition
A stone wall or cliff, or Shek Pik, a place on Lantau Island in Hong Kong.
- stone wall; stone cliff
- Shek Pik (a place on Lantau Island, Hong Kong)
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How it's used
Refers primarily to a physical wall made of stone, but is most commonly recognized by locals as the name of a specific area on Lantau Island. When used as a place name, it is almost always associated with the reservoir or the nearby prison. The term is formal enough to appear on road signs and maps but remains a standard noun for describing rocky cliff faces or stone barriers in nature.
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fuk1幅fūkExamples
Are you going to Shek Pik Reservoir tomorrow?
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Common phrases
Shek Pik Reservoir
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with generic walls made of brick or concrete, which are usually called 牆. Use 石壁 specifically when the material is stone or when referring to a natural rock face.
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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.
