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發faat3明ming4

simp发明
faat3 ming4fā míng

English

  1. to invent
  2. an invention
  3. to invent
  4. invention

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 創造一啲新穎嘅物品或者技術
  2. 所創造嘅物件或者技術(量詞:項/件/個)

Examples

  • 愛迪生發明咗電燈膽。

    Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 洗衣機係個好正嘅發明。

    The washing machine is a great invention.

    Tatoeba · cc_neko CC BY

  • 我哋發明返個秘密語言吖。

    We should invent a secret language.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 印刷機嘅發明係科技嘅一大進步。

    The invention of the printing press was a major technological advance.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 如果人當初冇發明到車,可能呢個世界會更美好。

    Maybe the world would have been better off if the car had never been invented.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 三歲就失明嘅路易·布拉耶,發明咗一種俾盲人閱讀嘅方法。

    Louis Braille, who was blind from the age of three, invented a way for the blind to read.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 發明家

    inventor

  • 專利發明

    patented invention

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

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