zi1 jyun4 wui4 sau1 tung2資源回收筒资源回收筒
Jyutpingzi1 jyun4 wui4 sau1 tung2
Yalejī yùhn wùih sāu túng
Definition
Recycling bin; a container used to collect recyclable materials.
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How it's used
This term is primarily used in formal or institutional settings, such as schools or offices, to refer to designated collection points for recyclables. In everyday casual conversation, locals often use the simpler term 廢紙箱 for paper or just refer to the bin by the material it collects, like 膠樽回收箱. It is a compound term that sounds distinctly more administrative than the common household bins found on the street.
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Have you thrown the trash into the recycling bin yet?
Related words
Common phrases
empty the recycling bin
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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.
