fo2 lim4火鐮火镰
Jyutpingfo2 lim4
Yalefó lìhm
Definition
Fire striker; firesteel used with flint to start a fire.
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How it's used
Refers to a traditional tool used historically before matches or lighters became common. It consists of a piece of high carbon steel struck against flint to produce sparks. It is now almost exclusively encountered in historical contexts, museum exhibits, or traditional craft demonstrations.
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People used to use fire strikers to make fire.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with modern fire starters or lighters, as the mechanism relies on manual percussion rather than chemical ignition or gas.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
