tong1 ce1劏車劏车
Jyutpingtong1 ce1
Yaletōng chē
Definition
To scrap or dismantle an unwanted vehicle.
colloquialtransportdaily actions
How it's used
Refers specifically to the process of stripping a vehicle for parts or scrap metal. It carries a sense of finality, often used when a car is no longer roadworthy or the repair costs exceed the vehicle's value. The term is also used metaphorically in some contexts to describe taking something apart completely.
Examples
When are you planning to take your car to be dismantled?
Related words
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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.
