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Definition
Kilowatt (kW); a unit of power equal to one thousand watts.
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How it's used
Technical units like this are borrowed directly from English and follow standard scientific usage. You will mostly encounter this in engineering, electricity bills, or technical specifications for machinery. It is rarely used in casual daily conversation unless discussing power consumption or hardware specs.
Examples
How many kilowatts is this generator?
This engine outputs a full five hundred kilowatts.
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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.
