caau2 jau5炒友
Jyutpingcaau2 jau5
Yalecháau yáuh
Definition
Speculator; a person who trades stocks or assets for short-term profit.
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How it's used
The suffix 友 is frequently attached to nouns or verbs to describe someone who is deeply involved in or obsessed with a particular activity. While 炒友 specifically refers to financial speculators, the same construction appears in terms like 攝影友 for photography enthusiasts or 巴士友 for bus fans. It carries a slightly informal, sometimes cynical tone depending on the context of the activity.
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He plays the stock market all the time and is a famous speculator.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with a professional investor or financial advisor. Calling someone a 炒友 often implies they are chasing quick profits or gambling on market fluctuations rather than investing for the long term.
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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.
