bin3 dung6變動变动
Jyutpingbin3 dung6
Yalebin duhng
Definition
Change, alteration, or variation in state, plans, or personnel.
neutralworktime
How it's used
Focuses on shifts in plans, schedules, or organizational structures rather than physical transformations or changes in state. It implies a deviation from a previously established arrangement or expectation. Use it when discussing logistics or administrative adjustments where the original plan is no longer valid.
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go3個goExamples
The itinerary has changed, we need to reschedule.
Do you know if there are any personnel changes in the company?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this for physical changes like turning into something else or changing one's appearance, as 變 or 改變 is more appropriate for those contexts.
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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.
