tung4銅铜
Jyutpingtung4
Yaletùhng
Definition
Copper; a soft, orange-red transition metal with high electrical conductivity.
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How it's used
Beyond the chemical element, this character appears in many everyday terms related to metal objects or currency. It is frequently used in compound words like 銅板 for coins or 銅像 for statues. When describing something made of this metal, it is common to use the structure 銅做嘅 to specify the material.
Examples
The inside of this wire is made of copper.
Is the electrical conductivity of copper good?
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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.
