zeoi1 jyut6追月
Jyutpingzeoi1 jyut6
Yalejēui yuht
Definition
To admire the moon on the night after the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is the sixteenth day of the eighth lunar month.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the cultural practice of continuing Mid-Autumn festivities on the sixteenth day of the eighth lunar month. While the main celebration happens on the fifteenth, many locals believe the moon remains exceptionally bright and beautiful the following night. It carries a sense of prolonging the festive mood with friends or family after the main day has passed.
Examples
Shall we go to the seaside to see the moon together tomorrow night?
The Mid-Autumn Festival is over, but many people are still going to the park to see the moon tonight.
Related words
Common phrases
go out to see the moon
arrange to see the moon with friends
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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.
