zoek3 wai6爵位
Jyutpingzoek3 wai6
Yalejeuk waih
Definition
A title of nobility or peerage.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to titles granted by a monarchy, such as dukes or counts. It is rarely used in modern daily life unless discussing history, European royalty, or period dramas. When talking about social status or rank in a general sense, people prefer terms like 地位.
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His family used to hold a title of nobility.
Is this peerage hereditary?
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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.
