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Jyutpingzat1 pou2 ji4
Yalejāt póu yìh
Definition
Mass spectrometer; a scientific laboratory instrument used to analyze the composition of substances.
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How it's used
Technical terms like this are often borrowed directly from English in professional or academic settings in Hong Kong. While the full term is used in formal reports, researchers and students frequently refer to it simply as a mass spec in casual conversation. It is strictly limited to scientific or industrial contexts involving chemical analysis.
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The mass spectrometer in the lab is broken.
Related words
Common phrases
operate a mass spectrometer
mass spectrometry analysis
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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.
