soeng1 gong3雙槓双杠
Jyutpingsoeng1 gong3
Yalesēung gong
Definition
Parallel bars used as gymnastics equipment, or the gymnastics event performed on them.
- parallel bars (the gymnastics equipment)
- parallel bars (the gymnastics event)
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the gymnastics apparatus consisting of two parallel horizontal bars. While it is a technical term in sports, it is also commonly used to describe the outdoor fitness equipment found in many public parks across Hong Kong. It is almost exclusively used in the context of physical exercise or training.
Measure word
fu3副fuExamples
He is playing on the parallel bars in the park.
Do you know how to do parallel bar moves?
Related words
Common phrases
parallel bars gymnastics
to use the parallel bars
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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.
