Aspect Markers

Aspect Markers There are some aspect markers in Cantonese. Perfective (咗 /zo2/) Terminative (完 /jyun4/) Exhaustive (晒 /saai3/) Add...

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

拂 /faak3/

拂 /faak3/


VERB
  1. (hold a long and thing thing to) sway (the far end of it).
    揸住一支嘢嘅一頭去郁動另一頭。
    Example sentences
    「炒蛋要先將蛋嘅蛋黃同蛋白拂勻,再一邊煎一邊慢慢炒,唔可以將嚿蛋炒散。」(to beat eggs with chopsticks)
    「快啲去燒嘢食,唔好揸住支叉喺度拂嚟拂去,好易拮親人㗎。」
    「點樣跳繩?每隻手都揸住一個繩頭,然後向外伸出,雙手同時將繩喺頭上面向前拂,再喺腳下面向後拂,當繩拂到腳之前就跳起,跟住一直咁唔停拂條繩。」
    Collocations
    勻、好
    See also
    攪、揈
  2. (of an upright long and thin thing with the lower end attached to something) sway.
    一支棟喺度嘢嘅下面嗰頭黐咗喺度,上面嗰頭就郁嚟郁去。
    Example sentences
    「我睇住兩支水撥拂嚟拂去,睇到眼花。」(windscreen wipers swing)
    「好大風呀,吹到支天線杆拂吓拂吓,唔知會唔會冧落嚟,行快啦。」(to sway a pole)
    「發生乜事?點解個氣壓計支針唔停咁拂嘅?」(the pointer of barometer keeps waggling)
    Collocations
    嚟、去、吓
    See also
    搖、揈