纜 (laam6) — thick rope; cable; hawser in Cantonese
laamˍ₆纜简 缆
Mandarin Pinyin: lan3
Meaning of 纜
nounthick rope; cable; hawser
Example Sentences with 纜
tiuˎ₄條gongˉ¹鋼laamˏ₅纜dyun˗₃斷zoˊ²咗
The steel cable snapped.
wunˍ₆換tiuˎ₄條gongˉ¹鋼laamˏ₅纜
Change a steel cable.
niˉ¹呢tiuˎ₄條gongˉ¹鋼laamˏ₅纜
This steel cable.
gongˉ¹鋼laamˏ₅纜houˊ²好ganˊ²緊
The steel cable is very tight.
taiˊ²睇haaˏ₅吓gongˉ¹鋼laamˏ₅纜
Look at the steel cable.
Words Containing 纜
纜車飛laam6 ce1 fei1
peak tram fare/ticket
山頂纜車saan1 deng2 laam6 ce1
Peak Tram, a funicular railway in Hong Kong Island (Central district Victoria Peak)
大纜絞唔埋daai6 laam6 gaau2 m4 maai4
also 大纜扯唔埋
拉頭纜laai1 tau4 laam6
leading the pack; act or speak first
拉大纜laai1 daai6 laam6
noun; Tug of War Contest in which two teams pull at opposite ends of a rope until one drags the other over a central line.
爆馬纜baau3 maa5 laam6
to stay in a hotel room [colloquial]
架空電纜gaa3 hung1 din6 laam6
overhead wires
扯頭纜ce2 tau4 laam6
to take the lead; to pioneer; to set an example
扯大纜ce2 daai6 laam6
tug-of-war
曬馬纜saai3 maa5 laam2
to visit a brothel; to go to an hourly hotel (for sex)
絞纜gaau2 laam6
stranded cable
纜車laam6 ce1
cable car, or more specially, the Peak Tram cable commuter system that runs on rails in Hong Kong
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