tiu3 zou2 si5 coeng4跳蚤市場跳蚤市场
Jyutpingtiu3 zou2 si5 coeng4
Yaletiu jóu síh chèuhng
Definition
Flea market; a market selling cheap goods.
neutralshoppingplaces
How it's used
Refers specifically to outdoor or temporary markets where people sell secondhand goods or bargain items. While the term is understood, locals often just use the English loanword flea market or refer to specific types of markets like 墟市 depending on the context.
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go3個goExamples
There are many old toys for sale at this flea market.
Are you going to stroll around that flea market tomorrow?
Related words
Common phrases
to browse a flea market
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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.
