zaap6 gwat1 gei1鈒骨機钑骨机
Jyutpingzaap6 gwat1 gei1
Yalejaahp gwāt gēi
Definition
An overlocking or overedging sewing machine used to prevent fabric from fraying.
colloquialclothingwork
How it's used
This term is a direct loan from the English word overlock, adapted into Cantonese phonetics. It is specifically used in the context of garment manufacturing and sewing to describe the process of stitching over the edge of fabric to prevent fraying. You will mostly hear it in professional tailoring shops or among people who sew as a hobby.
Measure word
bou6部bouhExamples
This shirt needs to be finished with an overlocking machine.
Related words
Common phrases
to overlock
Grammar color guide
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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.
