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Definition
Audio-visual; the field of audio and video, usually referring to electronic products or equipment.
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How it's used
Focuses specifically on the equipment or technical side of media consumption rather than the content itself. It is almost exclusively used in commercial or technical contexts, such as describing home theater setups or retail departments. You will rarely hear it used to describe the act of watching a movie or listening to music.
Examples
This shop sells a lot of audio-visual products.
How much was your home audio-visual system?
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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.
