leoi5鋁铝
Jyutpingleoi5
Yaleléuih
Definition
Aluminium; the chemical element with atomic number 13 and symbol Al.
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How it's used
Aluminium is almost exclusively used in technical or industrial contexts when referring to the metal itself. In everyday speech, people often refer to items made of it by their specific function, such as 鋁窗 for windows or 鋁紙 for foil, rather than using the element name in isolation.
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Pronoun
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.
