zing1 loeng4精良
Jyutpingzing1 loeng4
Yalejīng lèuhng
Definition
Exquisite, fine, and of excellent quality.
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How it's used
Focuses on high quality craftsmanship or sophisticated design rather than just being small or fragile. While it implies delicacy, it often carries a sense of professional or advanced engineering, making it common in contexts involving tools, equipment, or complex artistic works.
Examples
This handicraft is made very delicately.
Do you think this set of equipment is delicate enough?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using it to describe people or food, as it is primarily reserved for inanimate objects or technical gear. For describing food, use 精緻 instead.
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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.
