lo4 gei1鑼機锣机
Jyutpinglo4 gei1
Yalelòh gēi
Definition
A milling machine; a router.
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How it's used
This term is specific to industrial and mechanical contexts in Hong Kong workshops. It is a direct loan from the English word milling machine, often shortened to just 鑼 in professional settings. You will mostly hear this in manufacturing or engineering environments rather than general daily conversation.
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The technician is using the milling machine to make a part.
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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.
