粵

腳goek3掣zai3

simp脚掣
goek3 zai3jiǎo chè

English

  1. foot brake (vehicle)
  2. 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") ----
  3. vehicle brake pedal

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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
  2. 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

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