ngoi6 gok3外角
Jyutpingngoi6 gok3
Yalengoih gok
Definition
An exterior angle in geometry.
colloquialsports
How it's used
Primarily used in sports contexts like football or baseball to describe a specific angle or position on the field. It refers to the outer edge of the playing area or the outer part of a strike zone, rather than a general sense of being external or outside.
Examples
Related words
Common phrases
corner kick or outside pitch
Common mistake
Do not use this to mean outside of a building or a person's exterior, as it is strictly a technical term for sports positioning.
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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.
