gu1 sau6沽售
Jyutpinggu1 sau6
Yalegū sauh
Definition
To sell, especially in financial markets or short selling.
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How it's used
Primarily used in financial and business contexts, this term carries a more formal or professional tone than the everyday word 賣. It is frequently encountered in market reports or when discussing large scale divestment of assets. Using it in casual conversation about selling personal items like old clothes or furniture will sound overly stiff or pretentious.
Examples
He decided to sell the stocks he is holding.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 沽貨, which specifically refers to selling off stock or inventory in a trading context. While both involve selling, 沽售 is a more general verb for the act of selling assets, whereas 沽貨 implies the specific action of offloading inventory.
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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.
