粵

橢to5圓jyun4

simp椭圆
to5 jyun4tuǒ yuán

English

  1. oval
  2. ellipse
  3. elliptic
  4. (math.) elliptical

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 似橢圓形

Examples

  • 她有一張橢圓形的臉。

    She has an oval face.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 由於軌道是橢圓形的,行星和太陽之間的距離不會總是相同。

    Since the orbits are elliptical, the planets do not always have the same distance from the Sun.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

  • 英式足球係圓嘅,美式足球就係橢圓嘅。

    Association football is round. American football is elliptical.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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