粵

光gwong1速cuk1

gwong1 cuk1guāng sù

English

  1. the speed of light
  2. (fig.) extremely quickly
  3. fast; quickly; speedily
  4. speed of light

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 比喻好快
  2. 光移動嘅速度;通常指光喺真空入面嘅速度,相等於每秒約30萬公里

Examples

  • 光速快過音速好多。

    The speed of light is much greater than that of sound.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 光速比音速快很多。

    The speed of light is much greater than that of sound.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 光速比音速快,所以某些人在開口前,看起來還挺聰明的。

    It is because light travels faster than sound that some people look brilliant before sounding stupid.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

  • 佢今晚約咗人食飯,所以光速做完嘢。

    She asked someone to have dinner together tonight, so she finished her tasks quickly.

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

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