bou2 soeng4 mau6 jik6補償貿易补偿贸易
Jyutpingbou2 soeng4 mau6 jik6
Yalebóu sèuhng mauh yihk
Definition
Compensation trade, where a buyer pays for imported equipment or technology with the resulting goods.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a business arrangement where a foreign company provides equipment or technology in exchange for products manufactured by the local partner. It is a technical term primarily used in economic, legal, or industrial contexts rather than casual conversation. You will mostly encounter it in news reports or business textbooks regarding historical trade practices in the Pearl River Delta.
Examples
This factory mainly engages in compensation trade.
Do you know how compensation trade works?
Related words
Common phrases
conduct compensation trade
compensation trade agreement
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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.
