• pepperonisalami
    2·
    6 months ago

    It’s because “打火機” is a noun, direct translation would be “the fire striking machine” which means the lighter. So the sentence is a shorthand to ask whether they have a lighter.

    • Hegar@kbin.social
      2·
      6 months ago

      Oh, that’s great to know! I’d got the impression that 打 was being used as a verb in the sense of use/make/play with 火機 as the object. Thanks!