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The ferry pierin Cantonese.

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Canto School

Pronunciation

碼頭

maa5 tau4

the ferry pier

Recorded Cantonese

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When to use it

Put 喺 before 碼頭 to describe a location; 去碼頭 describes movement towards that place.

Examples

我喺碼頭

ngo5 hai2 maa5 tau4

I am at the ferry pier

我想去碼頭

ngo5 soeng2 heoi3 maa5 tau4

I want to go to the ferry pier

I am at the ferry pierngo5 hai2 maa5 tau4我喺碼頭I want to go to the ferry pierngo5 soeng2 heoi3 maa5 tau4我想去碼頭I am looking for the ferry pierngo5 wan2 gan2 maa5 tau4我搵緊碼頭Excuse me, where is the ferry pier?m4 goi1 maa5 tau4 hai2 bin1 dou6 aa3唔該，碼頭喺邊度呀？