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Definition
Royal family or imperial family.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the family of a monarch, often used in the context of British or European royalty in Hong Kong media. It carries a formal and slightly distant tone compared to talking about a regular family. When discussing local or historical Chinese contexts, people might use terms like 皇族 instead.
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They really like watching news about the royal family.
Do you know which member of the royal family has come to Hong Kong?
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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.
