gin6鍵键
Jyutpinggin6
Yalegihn
Definition
A key or button designed to be pressed, such as on a keyboard or musical instrument.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to physical or virtual buttons that trigger a function, such as those on a keyboard or musical instrument. While it shares the character with the formal word for a door key, which is 鎖匙, it is rarely used in that sense in spoken Cantonese. It is almost exclusively reserved for mechanical or digital inputs.
Measure word
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Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this word for a physical key used to open a door or lock, as that is always 鎖匙. Using 鍵 in that context will cause confusion.
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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.
