tong1 gaa1湯加汤加
Jyutpingtong1 gaa1
Yaletōng gā
Definition
Tonga; an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean with its capital at Nuku'alofa.
neutralplacestravel
How it's used
Geographical names in Cantonese often follow the phonetic sounds of the original language while adhering to the standard character set for place names. When discussing countries like 湯加, it is common to use the classifier 個 before the name if you are referring to the country as a specific entity in a sentence.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
Do you know where Tonga is?
I really want to go to Tonga for a trip to see the scenery.
Related words
Common phrases
Kingdom of Tonga
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Grammar guides
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- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
