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Definition
Window hook, latch, or stop used to hold a window in place.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the small metal hook or latch mechanism used to hold a window open or keep it shut. While modern sliding windows often use different locking mechanisms, this term remains the standard way to describe the traditional hook-and-eye style fastener found on older style casement windows.
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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.
