sing1 ho4星河
Jyutpingsing1 ho4
Yalesīng hòh
Definition
The Milky Way galaxy.
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How it's used
Literary and poetic in nature, this term is rarely used in casual daily conversation to describe the astronomical phenomenon. It is more common in song lyrics, literature, or when describing a romantic or vast night sky. For scientific or everyday discussion, people almost exclusively use 銀河.
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tiu4條tìuhExamples
Look up, the Milky Way is so beautiful tonight.
Can you see the Milky Way up in the sky?
Related words
Common phrases
the galaxy is brilliant
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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.
