bun3 gaa3半價半价
Jyutpingbun3 gaa3
Yalebun ga
Definition
Half price.
colloquialshoppingmoney
How it's used
Often used in retail contexts to describe promotional sales or clearance events. It functions as a noun or an adjective, frequently appearing with verbs like 做 or 賣 to indicate the status of an item. It is a very common term for bargain hunters in Hong Kong.
Examples
Is there a half-price discount if I buy two?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using it as a verb directly; you cannot say 半價咗 to mean discounted to half price. Instead, use phrases like 減到半價 or 賣半價.
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
