Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A contactless smart card, introduced in 1997, used as a form of payment in Hong Kong, originally for the mass transit system, but now widely used for public transport and other retail transactions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Coined in a naming competition. Like its Chinese counterpart 八達通 /八达通 (baat3 daat6 tung1), it references the number eight, as an octopus has eight tentacles.
Across languages
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