zung1 ceon4中旬
Jyutpingzung1 ceon4
Yalejūng chèuhn
Definition
The middle ten days of a month, from the 11th to the 20th day.
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How it's used
This term is used to divide a month into three distinct ten-day periods. It functions as a formal time marker and is rarely used in casual, spoken conversation where people would typically just say the specific dates or use a phrase like 嗰個月中間.
Examples
I plan to go traveling in mid-April.
Are you only returning to Hong Kong in mid-May?
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Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use this for any time in the middle of a month, but it strictly refers to the period from the 11th to the 20th day. Using it to describe the 15th is accurate, but using it for the 25th would be incorrect.
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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.
