fung1 jau4 taai5風油軚风油軚
Jyutpingfung1 jau4 taai5
Yalefūng yàuh táaih
Definition
Power steering; a power-assisted steering system in cars.
colloquialtransport
How it's used
The term originates from the hydraulic systems that were standard for decades, where oil pressure provided the assist. Even though modern vehicles increasingly use electric power steering, which does not involve oil, the name persists as the standard way to describe the feature. It is a classic example of a technical term that has become a fixed part of the local automotive vocabulary regardless of the underlying mechanical evolution.
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tou3套touExamples
This car has power steering, it feels very light when turning the wheel.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the steering wheel itself, which is simply called 軚盤. Using 風油軚 to refer to the wheel itself is incorrect, as it specifically describes the power assist mechanism.
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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.
