muk6 tau4 ce1木頭車木头车
Jyutpingmuk6 tau4 ce1
Yalemuhk tàuh chē
Definition
A wooden handcart or barrow.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the traditional wooden handcarts once ubiquitous in Hong Kong for manual cargo transport. While these are rarely seen on streets today, the term remains a common cultural reference point for describing the hard labor of past generations.
Measure word
gaa3架gaExamples
People used to use timber carts to transport goods all the time.
Related words
Common phrases
pushing a timber cart
Grammar color guide
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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.
