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Yaletúng yāt
Definition
Unified, standardized, or consistent.
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How it's used
Focuses on the standardization of methods, styles, or appearances rather than political unity. It is frequently used in professional or organizational contexts to describe bringing different elements into alignment. When used as a verb, it often implies an active effort to remove discrepancies.
Examples
The company requires that we use this color uniformly.
Can you make your formats a bit more consistent?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe people getting together or reconciling, as it sounds overly formal or mechanical in those contexts. For personal relationships or groups coming together, use 團結 instead.
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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.
