wo4 lim4禾鐮禾镰
Jyutpingwo4 lim4
Yalewòh lìhm
Definition
A sickle.
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How it's used
This term is specific to traditional agricultural tools used for harvesting rice. It is rarely used in modern urban Hong Kong unless discussing rural life or farming history. Most people today would simply use the general term 鐮刀 to refer to any type of sickle.
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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.
