Have you ever watched movies in cinema in Hong Kong before? Cinemas in Hong Kong are always freezing due to the high power air conditioning. Do you know how to express how cold you feel and ask the staff to turn down the air conditioning? In this lesson, you will learn how to say cold in Cantonese.
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Cold in Cantonese: 凍 [dung3]
Adjective（形容詞） 凍 [dung3] means cold in Cantonese.
hou2 dung3 aa3！
好凍啊！
It is very cold！
| Types of sentence structure | Subject-predicate | |||
| Functions in sentence | Subject | Adverbial | Predicate | Particle |
| Part of speech | / | Adverb | Adjective | Particle |
| Words in sentence | / | 好 | 凍 | 啊 |
Particle（助詞） 啊 [aa3] is used for soften a sentence. It always sounds much more natural to use a particle than omitting one in Cantonese. To learn more about particle 啊 [aa3], please refer to Unit 12 Lesson 1.
gam1 jat6 hou2 dung3 aa3！
今日好凍啊！
Today is very cold！
| Types of sentence structure | Subject-predicate | |||
| Functions in sentence | Subject | Adverbial | Predicate | Particle |
| Part of speech | Noun | Adverb | Adjective | Particle |
| Words in sentence | 今日 | 好 | 凍 | 啊 |
ni1 dou6 go3 laang5 hei3 dung3 dou3 ngo5 fei1 hei2 laa3！
呢度個冷氣凍到我飛起喇！
The air conditioning here is freezing me up! (Literal meaning: the air conditioning here is cold to an extent that I would fly.)
| Type of sentence structure | Predicate-complement | ||
| Functions in sentence | Subject | Predicate | Complement |
| Part of speech | Noun | Adjective; / | Sentence |
| Words in sentence | 呢度個冷氣 | 凍; 到 | 我飛起 |
Subject of that sentence | |
| Type of sentence structure | Subordination |
| Modifier | 呢度個 |
| Head | 冷氣 |
Complement of that sentence | |||
| Type of sentence structure | Predicate-complement | ||
| Functions in sentence | Subject | Predicate | Complement |
| Part of speech | Noun | Verb | Verb |
| Words in sentence | 我 | 飛 | 起 |
gaa1 naa4 daai6 ge3 dung1 tin1 zan1 hai6 hou2 dung3 gaa3。
加拿大嘅冬天真係好凍㗎。
The winter in Canada is really cold.
| Types of sentence structure | Subjective-predicate | |||
| Functions in sentence | Subject | Adverbial | Predicate | Particle |
| Part of speech | Noun | Adverb | Adjective | Particle |
| Words in sentence | 加拿大嘅冬天 | 真係; 好 | 凍 | 㗎 |
Particle（助詞）㗎 [gaa3] is the combination of 嘅 [ge3] and particle 啊 [aa3]. To learn more about particle 㗎 [gaa3], please refer to Unit 8 Lesson 12.
Subject of that sentence | |
| Type of sentence structure | Subordination |
| Modifier | 加拿大 |
| Head | 冬天 |
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