粵

八baat3號hou6

baat3 hou6bā hàoinferred

English

  1. typhoon signal number 8; a warning issued by the Hong Kong Observatory of a gale or storm

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係八號烈風或暴風信號,即係天文台預計香港會受到熱帶氣旋影響而普遍會吹烈風程度或以上嘅風

Examples

  • 我哋可唔可以喺二月廿八號三點到見面呀?

    Can we meet February 28, around 3:00 pm?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 天文台話六點掛八號,大家記住早啲返屋企。

    The Observatory announced that the No. 8 typhoon signal will be hoisted at 6 pm. Everyone should head home early.

  • 話事話,今日係六月八號,我老婆生日。

    By the way, today is the 8th of June — my wife's birthday.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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