zyu2 deoi6主隊主队
Jyutpingzyu2 deoi6
Yalejyú deuih
Definition
Home team or host team in sports.
colloquialsports
How it's used
Refers specifically to the team playing on their home turf or representing the host location. While common in professional sports, it is also frequently used in school or local community tournaments to distinguish the host side from the visiting team, known as 客隊.
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deoi2隊déuiExamples
The home team has great momentum, the whole stadium is full of their supporters.
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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.
