wu4 dip6蝴蝶
Jyutpingwu4 dip6
Yalewùh dihp
Definition
Butterfly.
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How it's used
Butterflies are often associated with transformation and beauty in local culture. When referring to the insect in casual speech, always use the classifier 隻 rather than more formal counters. It is common to describe them as 飛緊 when they are in motion.
Measure word
zek3隻jekExamples
There are a few butterflies flying in the garden.
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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.
