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Definition
A wooden flatbed trolley or handcart used for moving goods.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the old-fashioned, open-slatted wooden carts once ubiquitous in Hong Kong markets and industrial areas. The name comes from the resemblance of the wooden slats to a pig crate. It is now a nostalgic term, as these carts have been largely replaced by modern metal or plastic trolleys.
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gaa2架gáExamples
Those wooden trolleys were really hard to push back in the day.
Related words
Common phrases
to push a wooden trolley
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the slang term 豬籠車 used in some contexts to refer to police vans, which are also sometimes called 衝鋒車.
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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.
