cuk1 dai6速遞速递
Jyutpingcuk1 dai6
Yalechūk daih
Definition
Express delivery; courier service for sending mail or goods quickly.
colloquialworktransport
How it's used
Refers specifically to professional courier services rather than standard postal mail. It is frequently used as a verb in casual speech, such as saying someone will速遞 something to you, implying a quick and direct hand-off.
Examples
I hired a courier to deliver the document to the office for me.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 郵寄, which refers to the general public postal service. 速遞 implies a private, faster, and often more expensive service.
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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.
