gaa1 ting4 din6 hei3家庭電器家庭电器
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Definition
Home appliances; electrical devices used in the household.
neutralhometechnology
How it's used
While this term is the standard formal way to refer to household appliances, people in casual conversation often shorten it to just 電器. Using the full four-character phrase sounds more like a category label used in shops or on websites rather than in everyday speech. It covers everything from large items like refrigerators to smaller kitchen gadgets.
Measure word
gin2件gínExamples
All the home appliances at home are broken.
Which type of home appliance did you buy?
Related words
Common phrases
buy home appliances
repair home appliances
Grammar color guide
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Classifier
Particle
Connector
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.
