ngaa6砑
Jyutpingngaa6
Yalengah
Definition
To calender, burnish, or polish by pressing and rubbing.
neutraldaily actions
How it's used
Primarily used in traditional craft contexts like leatherworking or paper making to describe the process of smoothing or compressing a material. It implies the application of pressure to achieve a dense, glossy finish. Outside of these specific technical trades, it is rarely encountered in daily casual speech.
Examples
The craftsman used a tool to polish the piece of leather flat.
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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.
