coeng3 gei1唱機唱机
Jyutpingcoeng3 gei1
Yalecheung gēi
Definition
Record player; gramophone; turntable.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to analog turntables for vinyl records rather than modern digital audio players. While it remains the standard term, younger generations might also use the loanword 唱盤機 to be more precise about the turntable component.
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Are you still using a record player to listen to music?
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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.
