tung4潼
Jyutpingtung4
Yaletùhng
Definition
Used in personal names.
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How it's used
This character is almost exclusively found in personal names, particularly for females in modern Hong Kong. It carries a sense of elegance and is often paired with characters like 芷, 嘉, or 穎 to create a balanced, pleasant sound. Outside of names, it has no functional use in everyday speech or writing.
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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.
