ce1 dou1車刀车刀
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Definition
A turning tool bit; a non-rotary cutting tool used in metalworking on a lathe.
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How it's used
Used specifically in machining and metalworking contexts to refer to the cutting insert or tool bit mounted on a lathe. It is a technical term that is rarely used outside of workshops or industrial settings. Workers often refer to the act of sharpening these tools as 磨刀.
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baa2把báExamples
This turning tool bit is dull, it needs to be sharpened.
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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.
