maa5 coi3 hak1馬賽克马赛克
Jyutpingmaa5 coi3 hak1
Yalemáh choi hāk
Definition
Mosaic, referring to building decorative tiles or the pixelation blur effect on images or videos.
- small decorative mosaic tiles used in construction
- the pixelation or blur effect used to obscure parts of an image or video
colloquialhometechnology
How it's used
While originally referring to decorative tiles, this term is now predominantly used in digital contexts to describe the pixelated blurring effect applied to images or videos. It functions as a loanword from English, and in the context of censorship or privacy, it is often interchangeable with the more colloquial phrase 打格仔.
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faai3塊faiExamples
The bathroom walls in this house are covered in mosaic tiles.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the artistic technique of mosaic in a purely historical or fine-art sense, as the Cantonese usage is heavily skewed toward modern interior design and digital image processing.
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Grammar guides
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