lik1櫪枥
Jyutpinglik1
Yalelīk
Definition
A type of oak tree, or an ancient torture device used to crush fingers.
- type of oak tree
- archaican ancient type of torture device for crushing fingers
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How it's used
This character is almost exclusively encountered in formal, literary, or historical contexts rather than daily speech. In modern Cantonese, it is rarely used to describe trees, as people prefer more common botanical terms. Its association with ancient torture devices is strictly academic or historical, making it a character that most native speakers would recognize in writing but seldom use in conversation.
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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.
