gaam2 gaa3減價减价
Jyutpinggaam2 gaa3
Yalegáam ga
Definition
To reduce fees, fares, or prices; to discount.
Example
colloquialshoppingmoney
How it's used
Focus on the act of lowering a price rather than just the state of being cheap. It is commonly used as a verb to describe the action of a shopkeeper or a seller offering a lower price during a promotion. When referring to the sale event itself, it functions as a noun phrase in sentences like 呢度有減價.
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Common mistake
Avoid using it to describe an item that is naturally inexpensive, as that is better expressed with 平. It specifically implies a reduction from an original, higher price point.
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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.
