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Definition
An ancient game of throwing bricks.
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How it's used
This term refers to a specific traditional street game played by children in older Hong Kong, involving throwing bricks or tiles to knock over targets. It is rarely used in modern contexts outside of historical or nostalgic discussions about childhood pastimes. Because the game itself has largely vanished from urban life, the word is almost exclusively found in oral histories or descriptions of bygone eras.
Examples
When we were little, we often played the brick-throwing game.
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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.
