sou3 miu4掃描扫描
Jyutpingsou3 miu4
Yalesou mìuh
Definition
To scan an image, text, or object into digital form.
- to scan an image or text into a digital format using a scanner
- technicalto scan or image an object or body part using electromagnetic waves or ultrasound
neutraltechnologywork
How it's used
While used for office equipment, this term is increasingly applied to digital processes like scanning a QR code with a phone. It is a loan translation from English, so it sounds perfectly natural in both professional and casual technical contexts. You will often hear it used as a noun as well, referring to the resulting digital file or the act itself.
Examples
Please help me scan this document into a PDF.
The scanning speed of this machine is very fast.
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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.
