粵

稀hei1薄bok6

hei1 bok6xī bó

English

  1. thin
  2. rarefied
  3. thin; rare

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容空氣含氧量低

Examples

  • 山頂上空氣稀薄。

    The air is thin at the summit.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 我們登得愈高,空氣就愈稀薄。

    The higher we go up, the thinner the air becomes.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 高原上嘅空氣比較稀薄,好易有高山症。

    The air is thin on the highland and it's easy to get Acute Mountain Sickness there.

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

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