waa4鏵铧
Jyutpingwaa4
Yalewàh
Definition
Plowshare or spade.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the metal blade part of a plow or a shovel head rather than the entire tool. It is rarely used in modern urban Hong Kong Cantonese unless discussing traditional farming or specific hardware components. Most speakers would simply use 鏟 for a general shovel.
Measure word
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This plowshare is very sharp, it is convenient for digging soil.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 華, which is a common character in names and words like 中華. The character 鏵 is strictly a technical term for a metal blade and is not used in everyday social contexts.
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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.
