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Jyutpingkau3 zung1
Yalekau jūng
Definition
A drain cup; a drain device cup used in sinks or bathrooms.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the small, often plastic or metal, cup-shaped strainer found in bathroom or kitchen floor drains to catch hair and debris. It is a functional household item that is frequently removed for cleaning to prevent clogs. You will most often hear it mentioned when someone is complaining about a slow drain or cleaning the bathroom.
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This drain cup is hard to open, can you help me fix it?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with a tea cup or a bowl, as the word 盅 can appear in other contexts like 燉盅 for steamed soup, which is completely unrelated to plumbing.
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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.
