si1凘
Jyutpingsi1
Yalesī
Definition
Floating ice
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How it's used
This term is highly specific to the physical phenomenon of ice drifting on water surfaces. It is rarely used in everyday urban Hong Kong life due to the climate, appearing mostly in literary descriptions or geographical contexts. It functions as a noun to describe the fragmented pieces of ice rather than a solid sheet.
Measure word
di1啲dīExamples
There is floating ice on the river surface.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 冰, which is the general term for ice. Using 凘 to refer to an ice cube in a drink would sound extremely unnatural or poetic.
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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.
