daam6 hei3氮氣氮气
Jyutpingdaam6 hei3
Yaledaahm hei
Definition
Nitrogen gas; a colorless, odorless gas that makes up the majority of Earth's atmosphere.
neutralnature
How it's used
Scientific terms like this are often borrowed directly from written Chinese in academic or technical contexts. While people understand the term, it is rarely used in casual daily conversation unless discussing chemistry or specific industrial applications like food preservation.
Examples
This packaging is filled with nitrogen gas.
Do you know that nitrogen is the most abundant gas in the air?
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
