zin3 loek6 mat6 zi1戰略物資战略物资
Jyutpingzin3 loek6 mat6 zi1
Yalejin leuhk maht jī
Definition
Strategic materials or commodities essential for national defense and warfare.
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How it's used
This term is primarily used in formal, political, or economic contexts rather than everyday casual speech. It refers to essential resources like fuel, minerals, or food that a state must control to ensure national security or economic stability. You will most often encounter it in news reports or government policy discussions.
Examples
These are the country's strategic materials; you cannot just sell them off.
Does the government have enough strategic material reserves to handle a crisis?
Related words
Common phrases
strategic material reserves
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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.
