zit3 hak1 si1 lok6 fat6 hak1捷克斯洛伐克
Jyutpingzit3 hak1 si1 lok6 fat6 hak1
Yalejit hāk sī lohk faht hāk
Definition
Czechoslovakia; former country in Central Europe with Prague as its capital, which split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.
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How it's used
Historical names for countries often retain their full phonetic transcription in Cantonese even after the political entity ceases to exist. It functions as a proper noun and is treated as a singular entity in casual conversation, despite the complex history of its dissolution into two separate nations.
Examples
There used to be a country called Czechoslovakia.
Do you know where Czechoslovakia is?
Related words
Common phrases
Republic of Czechoslovakia
Grammar color guide
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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.
