waa1 teng5划艇
Jyutpingwaa1 teng5
Yalewā téhng
Definition
Rowing; the water sport of propelling a boat with oars.
colloquialsportsdaily actions
How it's used
Refers specifically to the sport of rowing using oars, rather than just paddling a small boat. While it can describe the activity on water, it is also commonly used to refer to the exercise performed on a rowing machine in a gym setting.
Examples
He really likes to go rowing at Shing Mun River.
Are you interested in going rowing tomorrow?
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
