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Definition
Title, topic, or subject matter of an article, speech, or discussion.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the subject matter or the heading of a piece of writing or discussion. While it appears in formal contexts like school assignments or news headlines, it is also used in casual conversation to ask what someone is talking about. It functions primarily as a noun and is almost always paired with a classifier when referring to a specific topic.
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Do you know what topic we are discussing in the meeting today?
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Common mistake
Avoid using it alone as a verb. Learners sometimes mistake it for the English word topic in a way that implies discussing something, but it is strictly the noun for the subject itself. Use 講緊 instead if you want to express that you are currently discussing a topic.
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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.
