粵

石sek6綿min4

simp石绵
sek6 min4shí mián

English

  1. variant of 石棉[shi2 mian2]
  2. asbestos

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一類礦物,用途廣泛,通常用作防火、隔熱、隔音嘅建築物料;因為吸入石棉塵會引起嚴重嘅肺病,所以香港以及多個國家已經禁用

Examples

  • 政府要求大廈業主拆除石棉瓦。

    The government requests the owners of the buildings to remove asbestos roofing.

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

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