sing1 kei4 luk6星期六
Jyutpingsing1 kei4 luk6
Yalesīng kèih luhk
Definition
Saturday; the last day of the week before Sunday.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the sixth day of the week in the local calendar, which is often the start of the weekend for students and office workers. It is common to omit the measure word when referring to the upcoming Saturday, but adding 個 helps clarify if you are talking about a specific one in the future.
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go3個goExamples
Are you free this Saturday?
I have to work on Saturday.
Related words
Common phrases
Saturday night
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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.
