曲尺
kuk1 cek3qū chǐ
English
- carpenter's square
- carpenter's square
- 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
- 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)
- 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