gau3 si5救市
Jyutpinggau3 si5
Yalegau síh
Definition
To bail out or rescue the market.
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How it's used
This term is almost exclusively used in financial or political news contexts to describe top-down intervention. It carries a sense of urgency, implying that the market is in a state of crisis or freefall. While it can be used as a verb, it is very frequently used as a noun phrase in headlines.
Examples
If the government doesn't rescue the market again, property prices will really fall without a bottom.
Do you think the market rescue measures this time will be helpful?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe helping a small business or an individual shop owner. It specifically refers to macro-level economic intervention by authorities to stabilize major sectors like real estate or the stock market.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
