gung1 si6 gep1公事喼
Jyutpinggung1 si6 gep1
Yalegūng sih gēp
Definition
Briefcase; a case used to store work-related documents and items.
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How it's used
The term combines the formal word for public or work affairs with the loanword 喼, which comes from the English word 'grip'. While it refers specifically to a briefcase, it is often used for any professional looking bag carried by office workers. It carries a slightly more traditional or formal connotation compared to modern terms like 電腦袋.
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He is carrying a briefcase walking into the meeting room.
What do you have inside your briefcase?
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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.
