wo4 zou6禾造
Jyutpingwo4 zou6
Yalewòh jouh
Definition
The rice harvesting season, or a crop of rice harvested in a specific season.
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How it's used
This term is specifically tied to the traditional agricultural cycle of rice farming in the Pearl River Delta. It is rarely used in modern urban Hong Kong except when discussing rural history or traditional farming practices. Most city dwellers would use the more generic 收割 to describe harvesting crops.
Examples
Farmers work hard to harvest rice, we should cherish our food.
The weather is good this year, the rice harvest will surely be bountiful.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the Mandarin term for harvesting, as 禾造 is highly specific to the regional dialect and agricultural context of Cantonese speakers.
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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.
