deng6 kau3訂購订购
Jyutpingdeng6 kau3
Yaledehng kau
Definition
To place an order or pre-order for goods or services before they are released or purchased.
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How it's used
Focuses on the act of securing an item before it is readily available or in stock. While it sounds formal enough for business contexts, it is perfectly acceptable in casual conversation when discussing online shopping or pre-ordering goods. It implies a deliberate action of reserving a product rather than just buying it off the shelf.
Examples
Have you placed the order for that gift yet?
I would like to place an order for this newly released cake.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this for casual, immediate purchases at a shop. For simply buying something, use 買 instead, as 訂購 carries the specific nuance of a pre-arrangement or a remote order.
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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.
