粵

平ping4衡hang4木muk6

ping4 hang4 muk6píng héng mù

English

  1. beam (gymnastics)
  2. balance beam
  3. balance beam, an apparatus ----
  4. balance beam, an event

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用長窄形嘅木方或不鏽鋼組成,俾使用者喺上面行過去,藉以訓練平衡力(量詞:條)
  2. 體操項目嘅一種,由運動員喺平衡木上面做出唔同嘅動作,由評判根據難度同埋運動員表現評分

Examples

  • 喺2012年奧運入面,香港體操運動員黃曉盈用佢自創嘅動作上平衡木,呢個動作就因為黃曉盈而命名黃曉盈跳。

    In the Olympics in 2012, Hong Kong gymnast Angel Wong Hiu-ying got onto the balance beam with a movement she designed herself. The movement was thus named after her name.

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

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