fu2 soeng6府上
Jyutpingfu2 soeng6
Yalefú seuhng
Definition
Your home, residence, or family, used as a respectful or polite form of address.
neutralhomepeople
How it's used
Using this term is a formal way to show respect to someone of higher social status or an elder. It is rarely used in casual conversation among friends or peers, where you would simply use 屋企 or 屋企人. It carries a polite, slightly old-fashioned tone that is most common in business correspondence or formal invitations.
Examples
I wonder when it would be convenient to visit your home?
This gift is being sent to your residence.
Related words
Common phrases
delivered to your home
Common mistake
Avoid using this term when referring to your own home, as it is strictly an honorific for someone else. Using it to describe your own residence will sound extremely arrogant or unintentionally humorous.
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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.
