toi1 gaau3胎教
Jyutpingtoi1 gaau3
Yaletōi gaau
Definition
Prenatal education; practices and sensory stimulation intended to benefit an unborn child.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the intentional activities parents perform to influence a fetus, such as playing music or reading aloud. It carries a cultural expectation that parents should actively prepare for their child's future intelligence and temperament before birth. While it sounds like a formal concept, it is frequently discussed in casual conversation among expectant parents.
Examples
Ever since she got pregnant, she listens to classical music every day for prenatal education.
Do you really think listening to music as prenatal education is actually useful?
Related words
Common phrases
to perform prenatal education
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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.
