tin4 lo2 ce1田螺車田螺车
Jyutpingtin4 lo2 ce1
Yaletìhn ló chē
Definition
Concrete mixer truck; cement truck.
colloquialtransport
How it's used
The term literally translates to snail truck because the rotating drum resembles a snail shell. It is the standard colloquial way to refer to these vehicles in Hong Kong, far more common than the formal term for concrete mixer. You will frequently hear it used by pedestrians or drivers when describing traffic conditions near construction sites.
Measure word
gaa2架gáExamples
That cement truck in front seems to have broken down.
Did you see a cement truck pass by just now?
Related words
Common phrases
cement truck driver
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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.
