ciu1 jam1 cuk1超音速
Jyutpingciu1 jam1 cuk1
Yalechīu yām chūk
Definition
Supersonic; traveling at a speed greater than the speed of sound.
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How it's used
Technical terminology like this is often borrowed directly from scientific contexts and used in news or documentaries. While it describes a physical phenomenon, it is rarely used in casual daily conversation unless discussing aviation, military hardware, or science fiction.
Examples
This fighter jet is capable of supersonic flight.
It gets really loud when a supersonic plane flies by.
Related words
Common phrases
supersonic flight
supersonic aircraft
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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.
