zou6 geoi3造句
Jyutpingzou6 geoi3
Yalejouh geui
Definition
To make or write a sentence using specific words or patterns.
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How it's used
Primarily encountered in academic or classroom settings, this term is rarely used in casual daily conversation outside of schoolwork. When discussing the act of speaking or writing in a more natural way, people usually describe the action by saying something like 寫句嘢 or 講句嘢 instead.
Examples
The teacher asked me to use this word to make a sentence.
Related words
Common phrases
practice making sentences
sentence construction exercise
Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use this term when they want to say they are 'making up a story' or 'making a statement', but it is strictly limited to the pedagogical exercise of constructing a sentence from a specific word or phrase.
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Grammar guides
- In 30 secondsThe whole language at a glance. No tenses, no plurals, six tones, sentence particles. Read this before you dive into any specific topic.
- ParticlesSentence particles add tone, emotion, and nuance. Learn the most common particles in Cantonese and how to use them.
- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
