fau4裒
Jyutpingfau4
Yalefàuh
Definition
To collect or assemble.
colloquialpeopledaily actions
How it's used
Primarily used in spoken Cantonese to describe the act of gathering people or pooling resources together. It carries a sense of physical proximity or combining small parts into a whole. While it can mean to collect, it is distinct from 收集 which is more formal and often used for objects or data.
Examples
They gathered together in the park today to chat.
When will you all be able to pool your money to buy a gift?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 儲, which focuses on saving or accumulating over time, whereas 裒 emphasizes the act of bringing things or people together into one group or location.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
