mou4 sai3 gun2毛細管毛细管
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Definition
Capillary; a tiny blood vessel or a very thin tube.
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How it's used
Used primarily in scientific or medical contexts to describe the smallest blood vessels in the circulatory system. It functions as a technical term rather than a word for everyday casual conversation. When discussing general health or blood circulation, people often use more descriptive phrases like 微絲血管 instead.
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These capillaries are very thin and hard to see with the naked eye.
How does blood flow inside the capillaries?
Related words
Common phrases
capillary action
capillary dilation
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 微絲血管, which is the much more common term used by laypeople in Hong Kong to refer to capillaries in daily life, especially when talking about skin health or visible veins.
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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.
