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Jyutpingwing5 zan1
Yalewíhng jān
Definition
Vientiane, the capital city of Laos.
neutralplacestravel
How it's used
Geographically, this is the standard Cantonese name for the capital of Laos. It is used in travel contexts and news reports, functioning exactly like any other city name in a sentence structure.
Examples
Are you going to travel to Vientiane this year?
Vientiane is the capital of Laos, the environment is very comfortable.
Related words
Common phrases
go to Vientiane
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
