gong2 tit3 gung1 si1港鐵公司港铁公司
Jyutpinggong2 tit3 gung1 si1
Yalegóng tit gūng sī
Definition
MTR Corporation Limited.
neutraltransport
How it's used
Locals almost always refer to the entity simply as 港鐵 rather than the full formal name. Using the full name 港鐵公司 sounds like you are reading from a news report or a formal government document. In casual conversation, people usually just say 港鐵 when discussing the service or the company itself.
Examples
I take the MTR Corporation's trains to work every day.
Do you know when the MTR Corporation is raising fares?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often use the full name in casual speech where it sounds overly formal or stiff. It is much more natural to drop the 公司 suffix unless you are specifically referring to the corporate entity in a legal or financial context.
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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.
