taai3 gu2 joeng4 hong4太古洋行
Jyutpingtaai3 gu2 joeng4 hong4
Yaletaai gú yèuhng hòhng
Definition
Butterfield and Swire, the historic trading house and business group in Hong Kong.
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Grammar guides
- 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.
