zeoi1 fung1追封
Jyutpingzeoi1 fung1
Yalejēui fūng
Definition
To posthumously award or promote someone to an official rank or title.
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How it's used
This term is strictly reserved for historical or formal contexts involving imperial decrees or official state honors granted after death. It carries a sense of solemnity and is rarely used in modern, everyday conversation unless discussing history or period dramas.
Examples
The emperor posthumously awarded him the title of General.
He had such great achievements, was he posthumously awarded a title after he passed away?
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Common phrases
posthumously awarded as
posthumously award a noble title
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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.
