zi6 jau4 sik1自由式
Jyutpingzi6 jau4 sik1
Yalejih yàuh sīk
Definition
Freestyle; front crawl (swimming style).
colloquialsports
How it's used
Refers specifically to the swimming stroke known as the front crawl in many other English-speaking regions. While it is a technical term in sports, it is widely understood by the general public in Hong Kong due to the popularity of swimming as a recreational activity.
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Common phrases
to swim freestyle
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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.
