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Definition
A traditional Chinese wooden sliding security door made of horizontal bars.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the traditional wooden sliding gate found in old Lingnan style houses, designed to provide ventilation while maintaining security. It consists of multiple horizontal wooden bars that slide across the doorway. Nowadays, it is mostly seen in heritage buildings or traditional shops in older districts like Sham Shui Po.
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This old house still keeps the sliding cage door.
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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.
