gam1 jung4金融
Jyutpinggam1 jung4
Yalegām yùhng
Definition
Finance and banking; the circulation of money, investment, and financing in financial markets.
neutralmoneywork
How it's used
Refers specifically to the professional sector or the abstract system of capital flow. It is almost exclusively used in formal, academic, or business contexts rather than casual conversation. When discussing personal money management or daily expenses, Cantonese speakers prefer using terms like 錢財 or 經濟.
Examples
He has worked in the finance industry for many years.
Are you interested in financial investments?
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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.
