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Jyutpingfaat3 hang4
Yalefaat hàhng
Definition
To issue, publish, or put on sale printed materials, stamps, currency, records, stocks, or bonds.
neutralmoneywork
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the formal act of releasing items to the public for circulation or sale, such as financial instruments or media. It carries a professional or institutional tone, making it unsuitable for describing the simple act of selling goods in a shop. Use it when referring to entities like governments, banks, or publishers.
Examples
This company has issued a lot of new stocks.
When will they issue this set of commemorative stamps?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this for everyday retail activities like selling groceries or clothes; use 賣 instead. It is strictly for official releases of items like currency, securities, or media products.
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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.
