ting5梃
Jyutpingting5
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Definition
A club used as a weapon, or something straight and upright.
- a club used as a weapon
- literarystraight; upright
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a rigid, straight piece of wood or a club used as a weapon. While it can describe something being straight, it is rarely used in modern speech compared to the more common word 直. You will mostly encounter it in older contexts or when describing a makeshift wooden weapon.
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zi1支jīExamples
He is holding a club in his hand and wants to hit someone.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 挺, which is used in Mandarin to mean 'very' or 'to endure'. In Cantonese, 梃 is strictly a noun for a wooden rod or a descriptor for physical straightness.
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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.
