nin5碾
Jyutpingnin5
Yaleníhn
Definition
To run over, crush, or flatten with a vehicle or heavy machinery.
colloquialdaily actionstransport
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the physical act of a heavy object passing over something, causing it to flatten or break. It is almost exclusively used in contexts involving vehicles or heavy machinery rolling over an object on the ground. While it implies destruction, the emphasis remains on the mechanical action of rolling over rather than just the result of being crushed.
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 壓, which is a general term for pressing down. Use 碾 only when the object is moving across the surface, like a wheel, rather than just applying downward pressure.
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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.
