zi2紫
Jyutpingzi2
Yalejí
Definition
Purple; violet; the colour made by mixing red and blue.
Example
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How it's used
Colloquially, speakers almost always add the suffix 色 after the character to refer to the colour itself. Using just the single character on its own sounds poetic or literary, similar to how one might describe a flower or a sunset in a formal context.
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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.
