粵

磚zyun1頭tau4

simp砖头
zyun1 tau4zhuān tou

English

  1. brick
  2. brick; building block
  3. (figuratively) real estate; property

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種堅硬嘅建築材料,通常係長方體嘅,用泥或者黏土燒製而成(量詞:嚿)
  2. 比喻房地產物業(量詞:嚿)

Examples

  • 一陣寒意像磚頭一樣擊中了我。

    A cold wave of fear hit me like a brick.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 呢棟舊樓日久失修,已經連鋼筋磚頭都露埋出嚟。

    This old building is so mismanaged that large pieces of concrete peel off and rusty steel bars are exposed. ----

  • 佢用辛辛苦苦儲落嚟嘅七萬蚊,再加埋佢老豆俾佢嘅六百四十五萬,終於買咗佢人生嘅第一嚿磚頭喇!

    With the 70000 dollars that he painstakingly saved, plus the 6.45M dollars given by his father, he finally managed to buy his first apartment.

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

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