gaa1 paai3加派
Jyutpinggaa1 paai3
Yalegā paai
Definition
To deploy or assign more people to handle a matter.
colloquialwork
How it's used
This term is almost exclusively used in professional or organizational contexts where manpower needs to be increased to handle a sudden surge in workload. It carries a sense of strategic adjustment rather than just casual help. It is frequently paired with the word 人手 to specify that it is human resources being added to a task.
Examples
There are too many people queuing here, why not deploy more staff to help out?
The manager said they will deploy more staff tonight to handle that complaint.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with simply adding more people to a social gathering, as it implies a formal assignment of duties or a shift in operational capacity. Using it to describe inviting more friends to a party would sound overly bureaucratic and unnatural.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
