粵

𢪎faak3個go3輪leon2

faak3 go3 leon2faat3 go3 leon2xuē gè lúninferred

English

  1. to call somebody on the telephone, an old term used in the age of rotary pulse-dialing telephone; literally: to whisk the wheel

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 打電話嘅舊俗稱。以前嘅電話係用脈衝式撥號盤送出接駁信號,撥號盤係一個圓形嘅輪盤,有10個窿,俾人插隻手指入想撥嘅數字再轉動。

Examples

  • 你到左樓下就發個輪俾我,我嚟接你。

    Whisk the wheel when you arrive, I'll come down to pick you up.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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