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Definition
Dam; a barrier constructed across a waterway to hold back water, used for flood control, power generation, or water storage.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to large-scale engineering structures designed to control water flow. While it is the standard term for a dam, it is rarely used in casual daily conversation unless discussing infrastructure projects, geography, or environmental news. In common parlance, people might simply refer to the reservoir behind it using 水塘.
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This dam is very big.
Has the government built the new dam yet?
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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.
