粵

白baak6鴿gaap3轉zyun3

baak6 gaap3 zyun3bái gē zhuǎninferred

English

  1. a short visit to and from a place; literally "pigeon turn"
  2. a situation that a vehicle loses control on steering, caused by the loss of grip, as a result it skids and spins about a round

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容一個人去某個地方一段短時間之後返去原位(量詞:個)
  2. 駕駛術語,形容架車喺路面轉向時因為失去抓地力而失控,結果喺原地轉圈嘅情況(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 打個白鴿轉

    to visit shortly to and from a place

  • 架跑車晌彎位失控,轉咗三個白鴿轉,最後撞咗埋去防護欄。

    The race car lost control at the corner and spun 3 times before hitting the crash barrier.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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