(pos:名詞)
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yue:#球 狀物體；#圓 嘅立體物體（量詞：個）
eng:a ball; a spherical object
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yue:個發射站成個波咁，喺山上面碌落嚟咁點算。 (go3 faat3 se6 zaam6 seng4 go3 bo1 gam2, hai2 saan1 soeng6 min6 luk1 lok6 lai4 gam2 dim2 syun3.)
eng:The transmission station is just like a ball! What if it rolls down the hill?
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<explanation>
yue:球類運動；配上動詞就可以指明係邊一種
eng:a generic term for ball games; collocations can be formed with different verbs to indicate the precise type of ball game being mentioned
<eg>
yue:#打波 (daa2 bo1)
eng:to play basketball / volleyball / badminton / tennis / etc.
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yue:#踢波 (tek3 bo1)
eng:to play football
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yue:#篤波 (duk1 bo1)
eng:to play snooker / billiards
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yue:男仔梗係鍾意踢波。 (naam4 zai2 gang2 hai6 zung1 ji3 tek3 bo1.)
eng:Of course boys like playing football.
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yue:其實#乒乓波 好普及，而家多數外國人都會打吓。 (kei4 sat6 bing1 bam1 bo1 hou2 pou2 kap6, ji4 gaa1 do1 sou3 ngoi6 gwok3 jan4 dou1 wui5 daa2 haa5.)
eng:Table tennis is actually a rather popular sport. Most foreigners play the game.
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<explanation>
yue:汽車變速箱（#波箱）嘅俗稱
eng:(of vehicles) gearbox; transmission
<eg>
yue:我考到#棍波 車牌，而家棍波同#自動波 都揸得。 (ngo5 haau2 dou2 gwan3 bo1 ce1 paai4, ji4 gaa1 gwan3 bo1 tung4 zi6 dung6 bo1 dou1 zaa1 dak1.)
eng:I passed the driving exam and got a manual-gear licence. Now I can drive either manual-gear or auto-gear cars.
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yue:我架單車可以#轉波，上斜路都好輕鬆。 (ngo5 gaa3 daan1 ce1 ho2 ji5 zyun3 bo1, soeng5 ce3 lou2 dou1 hou2 hing1 sung1.)
eng:My bicycle is equipped with changeable gear. It can climb slopes with ease.
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<explanation>
yue:#風球，亦即香港天文台發出嘅颱風信號（熱帶氣旋警告信號）；源於以前天文台係用氣球嚟標示風球強度
eng:typhoon signal (aka. tropical cyclone warning) issued by the Hong Kong Observatory
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yue:#落波 (lok6 bo1)
eng:to cancel a typhoon warning signal
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yue:你估聽日會唔會掛八號波？ (nei5 gu2 ting1 jat6 wui5 m4 wui5 gwaa3 baat3 hou6 bo1?)
eng:Do you think Typhoon Signal No. 8 will be hoisted tomorrow?
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<explanation>
yue:#乳房（#胸）嘅俗稱（量詞：對／個）
eng:boobs
<eg>
yue:#肥仔波 (fei4 zai2 bo1)
eng:man boobs
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yue:條女真係索，對波好大！ (tiu4 neoi2 zan1 hai6 sok3, deoi3 bo1 hou2 daai6!)
eng:That chick is so hot. Her boobs are huge!
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<explanation>
yue:水因為引力、湧流或者風力振盪而產生嘅起伏現象
eng:(of water) waves; ripples
<eg>
yue:#波浪 (bo1 long6)
eng:water wave
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yue:#碧波 盪漾 (bik1 bo1 dong6 joeng6)
eng:bluish green waves undulating
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yue:一波未平，一波又起 (jat1 bo1 mei6 ping4, jat1 bo1 jau6 hei2)
eng:before a problem is solved, another arises; literally: before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises
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<explanation>
yue:一種物理現象，通常由物質來來回回咁震動而形成，可以傳送能量、訊息等等
eng:(physics) wave
<eg>
yue:#波長 (bo1 coeng4)
eng:wavelength
<eg>
yue:#電磁波 可以喺真空傳播，但係機械波－例如聲波就要有媒介先可以傳播。 (din6 ci4 bo1 ho2 ji5 hai2 zan1 hung1 cyun4 bo3, daan6 hai6 gei1 haai6 bo1 - lai6 jyu4 sing1 bo1 zau6 jiu3 jau5 mui4 gaai3 sin1 ho2 ji5 cyun4 bo3.)
eng:Electromagnetic waves can travel through vacuum, but mechanical waves like sound waves can only travel through a medium.
(pos:名詞)(label:外來語)(sim:舞會)
<explanation>
yue:畀人跳舞聯誼嘅聚會（量詞：個）
eng:dance; ball
<eg>
yue:#波場 (bo1 coeng4)
eng:ballroom
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yue:慈善波 (ci4 sin6 bo1)
eng:charity ball
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yue:你去唔去嚟緊個聯校 ball 啊？ (nei5 heoi3 m4 heoi3 lai4 gan2 go3 lyun4 haau6 bo1 aa3?)
eng:Will you go to the coming inter-school ball?
