hoeng2餉饷
Jyutpinghoeng2
Yalehéung
Definition
Pay, rations, or meals, especially for soldiers and police officers.
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How it's used
This term is almost exclusively restricted to formal or historical contexts involving military or police personnel. It carries a heavy, bureaucratic weight that makes it sound unnatural in modern civilian life. You will mostly encounter it in period dramas or when discussing historical government expenditure.
Examples
They receive their military pay on time every month.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this to refer to a regular office salary, as that would sound like you are treating your workplace like an army barracks. Use 糧 or 人工 instead for general employment.
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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.
