八達通 (baat3 daat6 tung1) — Octopus card; a contactless smart card… in Cantonese

baat˗₃八daatˍ₆達tungˉ¹通

简八达通

Mandarin Pinyin: bā dá tōng

Meaning of 八達通

nounOctopus card; a contactless smart card for public transport and retail payments in Hong Kong.

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要唔要儲八達通積分?

Do you want to accumulate Octopus card points? (said by cashiers to customers when making a sales transaction)

baat˗₃八daatˍ₆達tungˉ¹通

Octopus card.

niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有baat˗₃八daatˍ₆達tungˉ¹通zangˉ¹增ziˊ²值gei1.機。

There's an Octopus top-up machine here.

jungˍ₆用baat˗₃八daatˍ₆達tungˉ¹通zangˉ¹增ziˊ²值geiˉ¹機houˊ²好faai3.快。

Using the Octopus top-up machine is fast.

ngoˏ₅我haiˊ²喺baat˗₃八daatˍ₆達tungˉ¹通zangˉ¹增ziˊ²值geiˉ¹機zangˉ¹增zi2.值。

I'm topping up at the Octopus machine.

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