cuk1 din6 ci4蓄電池蓄电池
Jyutpingcuk1 din6 ci4
Yalechūk dihn chìh
Definition
Storage battery; a general term for a chemical battery that can be recharged and reused.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to rechargeable batteries, distinguishing them from single-use primary cells. While technically accurate, it is often replaced in casual speech by the loanword 電池 or simply 電. Use this term when discussing technical specifications or automotive parts where precision is required.
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gau6嚿gauhExamples
The car is out of power, I need to replace the battery.
Do you know where they sell this kind of rechargeable battery?
Related words
Common phrases
replace a storage battery
battery capacity
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with general batteries. In everyday life, people usually just say 電池 or 叉電池, so using 蓄電池 in a casual conversation about a phone or remote control can sound overly formal or like reading from a manual.
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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.
