cim1 sau1簽收签收
Jyutpingcim1 sau1
Yalechīm sāu
Definition
To sign for something to acknowledge receipt.
colloquialdaily actionswork
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the act of acknowledging receipt through a signature, often used in professional or delivery contexts. It implies a formal confirmation that the item has reached the right hands. You will frequently hear this when dealing with couriers or office administrative tasks.
Examples
This package must be signed for by the recipient personally.
Have you signed for the document for me yet?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with simply signing your name, which is just 簽名. 簽收 carries the specific legal or procedural weight of confirming that a delivery has been successfully received.
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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.
