粵

配pui3圖tou4

pui3 tou4pèi túinferred

English

  1. illustration; image matched with a passage
  2. to match an image with a literacy work during typesetting; to put an illustration

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用嚟配襯文字嘅圖(量詞:張/幅)
  2. 喺排版嗰陣將圖同文字擺埋一齊,嚟到襯嗰段字

Examples

  • 編輯想我幫篇文配圖。

    The editor would like me to put an illustration in an article.

  • 呢個章節講男女主角喺樖木棉樹下面邂逅,配圖一於揾返幅由下面影嘅木棉樹嘅圖啦。

    This chapter is about the male lead and female lead meeting by chance under a kapok tree. For illustration, let's include a picture of a kapok tree taken from below.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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