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Definition
Base station; a radio transceiver that connects mobile phone signals.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to telecommunications infrastructure for mobile networks. While technical in nature, it is used in casual conversation when discussing poor signal reception or network coverage issues.
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The base station near here seems to be broken.
Do you know where there is a base station?
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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.
