baan6 gung1 si4 gaan3辦公時間办公时间
Jyutpingbaan6 gung1 si4 gaan3
Yalebaahn gūng sìh gaan
Definition
Office hours; business hours.
neutralworktime
How it's used
Refers specifically to the time frame when a business or office is officially open to the public or for internal operations. It is commonly used in formal notices or when inquiring about service availability. While it sounds professional, it is perfectly natural to use in casual conversation when asking about someone's work schedule.
Measure word
dyun6段dyunhExamples
What are the office hours here?
Related words
Common phrases
during office hours
outside of office hours
Grammar color guide
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Classifier
Particle
Connector
Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
