caai2 daan1 ce1踹單車踹单车
Jyutpingcaai2 daan1 ce1
Yalecháai dāan chē
Definition
To ride a bicycle.
colloquialtransportdaily actions
How it's used
While 踹單車 is widely understood and used in daily life, it is specifically a colloquial term for cycling. It carries a slightly more active or casual feel compared to the more formal 踩單車, which is actually the more standard way to write the verb for pedaling. You will hear both used interchangeably in casual conversation, though 踩 is technically the more accurate character for the action of pedaling.
Examples
The weather is so nice today, let's go cycling together.
Did you learn how to ride a bicycle when you were a kid?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse the character 踹, which implies kicking, with the standard character 踩, which means to step on or pedal. While 踹 is common in speech, using it in formal writing might be seen as a misspelling of 踩單車.
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
