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Jyutpingwong4
Yalewòhng
Definition
Name of a river; the Huang River in Qinghai province.
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How it's used
This character is almost exclusively used in proper nouns for geographical locations, specifically river names. It is not a word used in everyday spoken Cantonese vocabulary and is rarely encountered outside of formal writing or historical texts. Learners will likely only see it when reading about specific regions in China.
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Huang River
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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.
