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行街 haang4 gaai1 vs 行路 haang4 lou6
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What? To walk means shopping? It’s pretty confusing, I know.
My student asked me today, isn’t 行街 haang4 gaai1 equal to walking on the street? Yes, it literally means “to walk street,” but technically it means “shopping” or “window shopping.”
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| Verb – To walk | Street |
| haang4 | gaai1 |
| 行 | 街 |
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To walk
To say walking, it is 行路 haang4 lou6, which literally means “to walk road”
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| Shopping | Walking |
| 行街 | 行路 |
| haang4 gaai1 | haang4 lou6 |
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To buy things
Another way to say “shopping is ” 買嘢 maai5 je5, which means “to buy things.” It is very common to say 行街買嘢 haang4 gaai1 maai5 je5.
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