daai6 gaam2 gaa3大減價大减价
Jyutpingdaai6 gaam2 gaa3
Yaledaaih gáam ga
Definition
A big sale; a commercial event featuring major price reductions.
colloquialshoppingmoney
How it's used
Focuses on the event of a store-wide clearance or seasonal discount rather than just a single item being marked down. It is frequently used with the verb 搞 to describe the act of hosting or organizing the sale event.
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go3個goExamples
The mall is having a big sale, lots of people are queuing up.
Do you know where there is a big sale?
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Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe a single item that is currently cheaper than usual, as that is better expressed as 減價 or 平啲. This term specifically implies a broader, organized shopping event.
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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.
