jan3 biu2 gei1印表機印表机
Jyutpingjan3 biu2 gei1
Yaleyan bíu gēi
Definition
Printer
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How it's used
While 印表機 is understood, 打印機 is the far more common term used in Hong Kong for a printer. You will frequently see 印表機 in software interfaces or technical manuals translated from Taiwan, but local speakers almost exclusively say 打印機 in daily life.
Measure word
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The printer at home is broken, I can't print anything.
Do you know where there is a printer I can use?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 印表, which refers to a form or a table to be filled out. Using 印表機 in casual conversation may sound slightly formal or like you are reading from a computer menu.
Grammar color guide
Noun
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Classifier
Particle
Connector
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.
