腳掣
simp脚掣goek3 zai3jiǎo chè
English
- foot brake (vehicle)
- a device used to allow one's foot to control a machine, a pedal (excluding pedals in musical instruments, which are commonly referred to using the English term "pedal") ----
- vehicle brake pedal
粵語 — Cantonese
- 用腳嚟控制機器、機械等嘅掣,例如汽車嘅極力子、迫力同油門,衣車嘅控制器;不過樂器嘅腳掣通常會叫pedal 比較多
- 有時專指迫力
Examples
個司機油門當腳掣。
The driver pressed the accelerator when they meant to hit the brakes.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk