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Grammar 文法 Man4 faat3̌

*Short Form “gan2 cing1” (簡稱) of Subjects and Countries

1. Subject is “fo1 muk6” (科目) in Cantonese. We can still understand the meaning of “fo1” as subject even when we take away the “muk6” from “fo1 muk6”. Chinese short form is common in use, for example, “tai2 juk6 (體育)” is the short form of “tai2 nang4 gaau3 juk6” (P.E. is the short form of Physical Education).

2. “gwok3” is the short form of “gwok3 gaa1”(country).

3. “Zung1 gwok3 中國” is the short form of “zung1 waa4 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 中華人民共和國 ” (China is the short form of “The People’s Republic of China”).

4. “Mei5 gwok3 美國” is the short form of “aa3 mei5 lei6 gin1 hap6 zung3 gwok3 美利堅合眾國 ” (U.S.A. is the short form of “The United States of America”).

5. “Hoeng1 gong2 dak6 keoi1 香港特區 ” is the short form of “hoeng1 gong2 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3
keoi1 香港特別行政區”; (HKSAR is the short form of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region).