din6 ji2電椅电椅
Jyutpingdin6 ji2
Yaledihn yí
Definition
Electric chair; a device used to carry out execution by electrocution.
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How it's used
This term is almost exclusively used in the context of Western crime films or historical discussions regarding capital punishment. It carries a strong sense of dread and is rarely part of everyday conversation unless discussing specific legal systems or cinematic tropes. Because capital punishment is not practiced in Hong Kong, the term remains a purely descriptive noun for a foreign concept.
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zoeng1張jēungExamples
He committed such a huge crime, he might end up in the electric chair.
That electric chair in the movie looks really terrifying.
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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.
