seoi6隧
Jyutpingseoi6
Yaleseuih
Definition
An artificial underground, undersea, or through-mountain passage; a tunnel.
neutraltransportplaces
How it's used
隧 is a bound morpheme that almost exclusively appears in the compound 隧道. It is rarely used on its own in modern spoken Cantonese, as speakers prefer the full two-character term to refer to any underground or underwater passage. While it can technically refer to a pedestrian subway, it is far more commonly associated with vehicular tunnels in Hong Kong.
Measure word
tiu4條tìuhExamples
The car just passed through the tunnel.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse 隧道 with 地鐵, but 隧道 refers specifically to the physical structure of the tunnel itself, whereas 地鐵 refers to the subway train system.
Grammar color guide
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Particle
Connector
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.
