ji6 zeon3 zai3二進制二进制
Jyutpingji6 zeon3 zai3
Yaleyih jeun jai
Definition
Binary; the base-two number system used widely in computing and digital electronics.
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How it's used
This term is primarily used in technical or academic contexts related to computer science and mathematics. While it is a standard loan translation from English, it is rarely used in casual daily conversation unless discussing programming or hardware architecture. It functions as a noun and does not typically take a measure word in common usage.
Examples
All the data inside the computer is stored using binary.
Do you know how binary works?
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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.
