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Definition
Medium-range or medium-term, describing a middle distance or duration.
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How it's used
Used primarily to describe routes, travel, or physical distances that fall between short and long categories. It functions as a modifier rather than a noun, so it is almost always followed by a noun like 路線 or 距離. The exact distance defined as middle is highly subjective and depends entirely on the context of the activity.
Examples
This bus runs on a medium-distance route.
Are you planning to run a middle distance or a short distance?
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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.
