wan1 si5溫市温市
Jyutpingwan1 si5
Yalewān síh
Definition
Vancouver
colloquialplacestravel
How it's used
This abbreviation is widely used by the Cantonese-speaking diaspora in Canada and by locals in Hong Kong who have family or friends living there. It functions like a proper noun and is rarely used in formal writing, where the full name 溫哥華 is preferred. Using this term signals a sense of familiarity or community with the local Chinese-Canadian population.
Examples
When are you going to Vancouver to visit friends?
It rains all the time in Vancouver during winter, it is very damp.
Related words
Common phrases
Downtown Vancouver
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Grammar guides
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- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
