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Jyutpingtung4 zi2 gwan1
Yaletùhng jí gwān
Definition
Boy Scouts; child soldiers.
- Boy Scouts; Scouts
- child soldiers
neutralschoolpeople
How it's used
Refers specifically to the youth organization similar to the Boy Scouts, rather than child soldiers in a military context. The term is widely recognized in Hong Kong for the extracurricular youth movement that emphasizes outdoor activities and community service. It carries a positive connotation of discipline and character building.
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He joined the scouts when he was young.
Do you know where they are recruiting scouts?
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Common mistake
Do not translate this as child soldiers, which would be a grave misunderstanding of the term in a Hong Kong context. The term for child soldiers in a military sense would be 童兵.
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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.
