paak3 ce1 mai1 biu1泊車咪錶泊车咪表
Jyutpingpaak3 ce1 mai1 biu1
Yalepaak chē māi bīu
Definition
Parking meter
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How it's used
Drivers often shorten this to just 咪錶 when the context of parking is already clear. While the term refers to the physical device, it is also used to describe the act of paying for street parking, as in 泊咪錶位.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
The parking meter here seems to be broken.
Have you remembered to put money into the parking meter yet?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the taxi meter, which is also called 咪錶. Context is essential to distinguish between paying for a parking spot and paying a taxi fare.
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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.
