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Definition
Electric motor; a machine that converts electrical energy into rotational kinetic energy.
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How it's used
Borrowed directly from the English word motor, this term is the standard way to refer to electric motors in everyday Cantonese. It is used for everything from small household appliances like fans and blenders to larger industrial machinery. While technical manuals might use more formal terminology, you will almost exclusively hear locals use this term in conversation.
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Do you know where I can get this motor fixed?
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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.
