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Jyutpingsing4 si5 dong1 doi6 mou5 dou6 tyun4
Yalesìhng síh dōng doih móuh douh tyùhn
Definition
City Contemporary Dance Company, a modern dance company based in Hong Kong.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to Hong Kong's flagship modern dance troupe. It is often abbreviated as CCDC in professional or English contexts, but in spoken Cantonese, the full name is typically used to avoid ambiguity. It carries a sense of artistic prestige and is associated with experimental and avant-garde performance art.
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Have you heard of the City Contemporary Dance Company's performances?
The City Contemporary Dance Company has a show at the Cultural Centre tonight.
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City Contemporary Dance Company performance
City Contemporary Dance Company dancer
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- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
