研究
研究 is the Cantonese word for research.
研究 refers to an inquiry or examination.
Meaning: inquiry or examination (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
While 研究 is a noun meaning research, it is also used as a verb meaning to research or to study. You can also form a noun for a person by adding the suffix 員 to create 研究員, which means researcher.
Did you know?
- When someone says they are 研究 a menu in a restaurant, they aren't conducting a scientific study but are simply undecided about what to order.
- The character 研 in 研究 originally refers to the action of grinding or pounding something with a mortar and pestle to refine it.
- In Cantonese media, a 'research' piece of news is often described using the term 調查, which focuses more on the 'investigation' aspect than the 'study' aspect of 研究.
Examples in context
- 如果我哋知道自己做緊啲咩，咁就唔叫做研究啦，係咪先？If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?This sentence uses 研究 to illustrate how the word is used in a rhetorical question about the nature of research.Tatoeba #5928667 by nickyeow, translation #2291 by CK
- 1 more sentence on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Meiling and Zijian are discussing a university project in a library.
- 美玲 Mei Ling子健，你份研究寫完未呀？zi6 gin6, nei5 fan6 jin4 gau3 se2 jyun4 mei6 aa3?Zijian, have you finished your research paper yet?
- 子健 Tsz Kin未呀，我仲搵緊更多資料。mei6 aa3, ngo5 zung6 wan2 gan2 gang3 do1 zi1 liu2.Not yet, I'm still looking for more data.
- 美玲 Mei Ling呢個研究題目係咪好難？nei1 go3 jin4 gau3 tai4 muk6 hai6 mai6 hou2 naan4?Is the topic of this research very difficult?
- 子健 Tsz Kin係，所以我要花多啲時間。hai6, so2 ji5 ngo5 jiu3 faa1 do1 di1 si4 gaan3.Yes, that's why I need to spend more time on it.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
