si1 lei5 laan4 kaa1斯里蘭卡斯里兰卡
Jyutpingsi1 lei5 laan4 kaa1
Yalesī léih làahn kā
Definition
Sri Lanka; an island country in South Asia off the southern coast of India, formerly known as Ceylon.
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How it's used
Pronunciation often varies among speakers, with some using a slightly more Anglicized rhythm compared to the standard Cantonese reading. It is common to hear people refer to the country by its older name 錫蘭 when discussing tea or historical trade, though 斯里蘭卡 is the standard for the modern nation-state.
Examples
Are you going to travel to Sri Lanka this year?
Sri Lankan black tea is famous for being delicious.
Related words
Common phrases
Sri Lankan black tea
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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.
