zuk6 hong4逐行
Jyutpingzuk6 hong4
Yalejuhk hòhng
Definition
Progressive, as in a progressive scan or line-by-line display.
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How it's used
Focuses specifically on the sequential processing of text or data. It is commonly used in technical contexts like programming or when carefully proofreading documents. The reduplication 逐行逐行 is frequently used to emphasize the thoroughness or the slow, methodical nature of the action.
Examples
He is reading the document line by line.
Do you need to check the code line by line?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 逐個, which refers to individual items or people rather than lines of text. Using it to describe counting people or objects will sound unnatural.
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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.
