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Jyutpingzyu6 zaak6 daan1 wai2
Yalejyuh jaahk dāan wái
Definition
A residential unit, such as an apartment or a flat.
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How it's used
Formal and administrative in tone, this term is primarily used in real estate listings, legal documents, or news reports about property. In everyday casual conversation, people almost always prefer using 單位 or even just 屋 to refer to a home.
Measure word
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He bought a residential unit to rent out.
Related words
Common phrases
private residential unit
residential unit area
Grammar color guide
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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.
