coeng2 sau1搶修抢修
Jyutpingcoeng2 sau1
Yalechéung sāu
Definition
To make emergency repairs; to rush to repair in the shortest possible time.
colloquialworkdaily actions
How it's used
Focuses on the urgency and critical nature of the repair work, often involving public infrastructure or essential services. It implies a high-pressure situation where normal maintenance procedures are bypassed to restore functionality as quickly as possible. You will frequently hear this used in news reports regarding power outages, burst pipes, or broken transport lines.
Examples
The road is cut off, and the engineering staff are making emergency repairs.
When will you guys be able to finish the emergency repairs on the electrical box?
Related words
Common phrases
to make emergency repairs with full effort
to work through the night to make emergency repairs
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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.
