haak3 soeng1客商
Jyutpinghaak3 soeng1
Yalehaak sēung
Definition
Traveling merchant or foreign businessman.
neutralworkpeople
How it's used
Refers specifically to business people or traders who travel to conduct commerce, often implying an external or visiting status. It carries a slightly formal or professional tone compared to general terms for business people like 生意人. You will most frequently encounter this in contexts involving trade fairs, logistics, or large scale wholesale operations.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
Those merchants want to find a place to store their goods.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to refer to a regular customer at a shop, as that would be 客人 or 顧客. Using this for a local retail customer sounds unnatural and overly formal.
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
