gung1 haau6工效
Jyutpinggung1 haau6
Yalegūng haauh
Definition
Work efficiency.
neutralwork
How it's used
This term is primarily used in professional or formal workplace contexts rather than casual conversation. While it refers to efficiency, native speakers often prefer using the English loanword efficiency or the phrase 工作效率 when discussing daily tasks. Using it in a very casual setting can sound slightly stiff or like management jargon.
Examples
Everyone's work efficiency has been low lately, are you all too tired?
To improve work efficiency, one must improve work processes.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with the more common phrase 工作效率, which is used much more frequently in both spoken and written Cantonese. Using 工效 in casual chat might sound overly formal or academic.
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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.
