粵

水seoi2車ce1

simp水车
seoi2 ce1shuǐ chē

English

  1. the slang for the vehicle used by the fire brigade, i.e. a fire engine; a waterwheel
  2. water wheel ----
  3. water wagon

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用水力推郁嘅車轆,用嚟推動機器運作,例如脱穀、織布、發電等等(量詞:部)
  2. 運送水嘅貨車(量詞:部)

Examples

  • 水務署會安排水車到受影響嘅地區提供食水畀居民。

    The Water Supplies Department would arrange water wagons to provide water supply to the residents in the affected areas.

  • 個煙囪上少少嘅地方有個渦輪,個渦輪-好似水車同風車噉-喺有某啲液體或者氣體流過佢嗰陣會轉

    A little up the chimney is a turbine, which – like waterwheels and windmills – turns when some liquid or gas flows through it

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 個煙囪上少少嘅地方有個渦輪,個渦輪-好似水車同風車噉-喺有某啲液體或者氣體流過佢嗰陣會轉;

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 喺水車同風車嘅例子入面,工程師用咗水同風嘅動能嚟俾動能落部機械度,但亦都有方法可以由非動能嘅來源嚟提供動能。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

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

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