haak3 fuk6客服
Jyutpinghaak3 fuk6
Yalehaak fuhk
Definition
Customer service; either the department, hotline, or front-line staff who handle customer inquiries.
- customer service; the department, desk, or hotline
- front-line customer service staff; a customer representative
colloquialworkpeople
How it's used
Refers both to the department itself and the individual staff members working in that role. It is a common abbreviation of 客户服務 that has become the standard way to address or describe support staff in daily life. When used to refer to a person, it functions like a job title.
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The customer service at this company is terrible.
Related words
Common phrases
to look for customer service
customer service hotline
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the Mandarin usage where it might be used as a verb to mean overcoming difficulties, as in 克服困難. In Cantonese, 客服 is strictly a noun related to customer service.
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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.
