wong4 zuk1 haang1 dou6黃竹坑道黄竹坑道
Jyutpingwong4 zuk1 haang1 dou6
Yalewòhng jūk hāang douh
Definition
Wong Chuk Hang Road, a major road in Wong Chuk Hang on Hong Kong Island.
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How it's used
Street names in Hong Kong are often referred to by their full names including the suffix, such as 道 for road or 街 for street. When giving directions or discussing traffic, locals frequently use the full name to avoid confusion with nearby areas or smaller roads sharing similar names. It is standard to treat these as proper nouns without needing additional classifiers in most casual conversation.
Examples
Wong Chuk Hang Road is very congested over there.
Do you know how to get to Wong Chuk Hang Road?
Related words
Common phrases
junction of Wong Chuk Hang Road
Grammar color guide
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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.
