粵

瓦ngaa5礫lik1

simp瓦砾
ngaa5 lik1wǎ lì

English

  1. rubble
  2. debris
  3. debris; rubble

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 建築物倒塌之後剩低嘅碎片(量詞:堆)

Examples

  • 今朝地震棟樓冧咗,居然無人畀瓦礫掩埋。

    It's hard to believe that no one was covered by the building's debris in the earthquake this morning.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 齊李清理了屋頂的瓦礫。

    Ziri cleaned the debris from the roof.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 一團塵土與瓦礫騰空而起,在空中盤旋了數分鐘。

    A cloud of dust and debris rose and lingered in the sky for a few minutes afterward.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 喺瓦礫入面搜索生還者

    to hunt for survivors in the rubble

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

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