gong3 tit3鋼鐵钢铁
Jyutpinggong3 tit3
Yalegong tit
Definition
Steel and iron.
neutralwork
How it's used
Refers broadly to the industry or the material category rather than a specific object. It is frequently used in business and economic contexts to describe the heavy industrial sector. When referring to a single piece of metal, speakers prefer using specific terms like 鋼 or 鐵 instead.
Examples
This company mainly does steel and iron business.
Their family is in the steel and iron trading business.
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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.
