bou3 cau4報酬报酬
Jyutpingbou3 cau4
Yalebou chàuh
Definition
Reward, remuneration, or payment received for labor, service, or assistance.
neutralworkmoney
How it's used
Focuses primarily on formal or contractual compensation rather than casual favors. While it can refer to a bounty for finding lost items, it is most frequently encountered in professional contexts regarding salary or project fees. It carries a slightly more serious tone than the common word 錢 or the more general 回報.
Examples
What reward will they give you after you finish the task for them?
This job is tough, but the remuneration is quite good.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this word for casual favors or small gifts between friends, as it sounds overly transactional and stiff. For informal situations, use 回報 or 謝禮 instead.
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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.
