sing3 daan3 syu6聖誕樹圣诞树
Jyutpingsing3 daan3 syu6
Yalesing daan syuh
Definition
Christmas tree, typically an evergreen decorated for the holidays.
colloquialfestivalhome
How it's used
The classifier 樖 is essential when talking about trees or plants in Cantonese, and it is strictly applied to Christmas trees as well. In urban Hong Kong, most households use artificial trees, so the term is almost exclusively used to refer to these plastic versions unless one is specifically visiting a farm or a large outdoor display.
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po1樖pōExamples
We bought a Christmas tree to decorate our home this year.
Have you seen the Christmas tree at the shopping mall?
Related words
Common phrases
to decorate a Christmas tree
Christmas tree ornaments
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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.
