sau1 got3 gei1收割機收割机
Jyutpingsau1 got3 gei1
Yalesāu got gēi
Definition
A harvester; a reaping machine used in agriculture.
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How it's used
This term is a technical noun borrowed from modern agricultural terminology. It is rarely used in daily urban life in Hong Kong unless discussing farming equipment or machinery in a professional or academic context. Unlike many common household objects, it does not have a colloquial nickname or slang equivalent.
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bou6部bouhExamples
The harvester in the farm is broken.
Have you ever seen how people use a harvester?
Related words
Common phrases
large-scale harvester
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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.
