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Yalegām yùhng jūng sām
Definition
Financial centre; a city or region with a high concentration of financial institutions and services.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the economic hub of a city or region, often used when discussing Hong Kong's identity as a global hub. It carries a formal tone despite being used in daily conversation to describe urban geography or economic status.
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Hong Kong is an international financial centre.
Do you know where the financial centre is?
Related words
Common phrases
international financial centre
Grammar color guide
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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.
