bik1 lik6逼力
Jyutpingbik1 lik6
Yalebīk lihk
Definition
Brake; a device used to slow down or stop a vehicle.
colloquialtransport
How it's used
This term is a direct phonetic loan from the English word brake. It is the standard way to refer to the braking system of a vehicle in daily Cantonese, whereas the formal written term 煞車 is rarely used in spoken conversation. You will frequently hear it used as a verb when describing the action of braking.
Examples
The car's brakes are very loose, remember to go to the garage to fix them.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the Cantonese word 逼, which means to crowd or to force. The context of vehicles and mechanical maintenance makes it clear that it refers to the brake system.
Grammar color guide
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Classifier
Particle
Connector
Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
