sou1 ji4 si6蘇彝士苏彝士
Jyutpingsou1 ji4 si6
Yalesōu yìh sih
Definition
Suez, a port city in northeastern Egypt.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the Egyptian city or the famous canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas. While historically common in older texts or maps, modern usage often defaults to the English name Suez in casual conversation, though it remains the standard transliteration in formal geography or historical contexts.
Examples
They passed through Suez by ship to get to Europe.
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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.
