粵

曲kuk1尺cek3

kuk1 cek3qū chǐ

English

  1. carpenter's square
  2. carpenter's square
  3. L-shaped pistol. the pistols with the slide covering the barrel, making it looks like a carpenter's square. Mostly use magazine to feed, except the first round, no manual reload of shell or pull hammer for next shoot, so it's also called "semi-auto pistol" or "auto pistol"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係角尺/直角尺,由兩把直尺合成90度直角嘅量度工具(量詞:把)
  2. 曲尺手槍。槍管包響套筒入面嘅手槍,因套筒較闊,睇起嚟成枝槍好似木匠用嘅曲尺。多數使用彈匣輸送子彈,除咗第一發之外無需手動上彈或摱雞就可發射下一槍,又稱「半自動手槍」或「自動手槍」

Examples

  • 曲尺位

    Elbow corner; L-shape corner

  • 唔該畀把曲尺我。

    Hand me the square please. ----

  • 香港軍裝警察依家仲用緊左輪,未轉做曲尺。

    The patrol officers of Hong Kong Police is still carrying revolvers, not yet replaced with L-shaped pistols.

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

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