zaap6 tai2 wui4 jik1集體回憶集体回忆
Jyutpingzaap6 tai2 wui4 jik1
Yalejaahp tái wùih yīk
Definition
Collective memory; things that occurred in society that are widely remembered by many people.
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How it's used
This term is frequently invoked in Hong Kong to discuss nostalgia for demolished landmarks, discontinued snacks, or bygone cultural practices. It carries a strong sense of shared identity and social bonding, often used when people feel that a piece of their history is being erased by rapid urban development. It is a sophisticated, slightly intellectual term that appears often in newspapers and social commentary.
Examples
This old cinema is a collective memory for many people.
Do you remember those collective memories from back then?
Related words
Common phrases
to build collective memory
to lose collective memory
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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.
