頭盔 (tau4 kwai1 | tou2 kui1) : helmet; crash helmet

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頭盔

tau4 kwai1

tou2 kui1

helmet; crash helmet

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 1,550,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

頭盔 / 头盔

This word has been viewed 3888 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 3rd Sep 2005 07:59 and last edited on 11th Feb 2015 22:28

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Characters in this word:

頭 tau4 - head; first; chief
盔 kwai1 - helmet

2 compounds containing this word:

消防頭盔 - fire helmet; fire hat
又要威,又要戴頭盔 - talking hawk, acting chicken

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有好多頂頭盔畀你揀粵
There are lots of helmets for you to choose.
[Lit. have many [counter] helmets give you choose. Note: the counter is optional. 有好多頭盔畀你揀 is okay too.]

佢戴住一頂頭盔，但係唔係好型粵
He's wearing a helmet but it doesn't look too good on him.
[Lit. He wear-continue one [counter] helmet, however not-very stylish.]

佢戴著一頂頭盔，但係一啲都唔型粵
He's wearing a helmet but it doesn't look good on him at all.
[Lit. He wear-continue one [counter] helmet, however a little bit also not stylish. 一啲都唔［adjective] is a useful construction to mean "not at all..."]

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