hoi2 gwaan1 gim2 caa4海關檢查海关检查
Jyutpinghoi2 gwaan1 gim2 caa4
Yalehói gwāan gím chàh
Definition
Customs inspection
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the formal process of checking goods or luggage at a border crossing. While it describes the action, people often shorten it to just 海關 when talking about the agency or the location itself. It is a formal term that is rarely used in casual conversation unless discussing travel logistics or potential issues with imported items.
Examples
You need to take out your passport when going through customs inspection.
Has your luggage gone through customs inspection?
Related words
Common phrases
pass customs inspection
undergo customs inspection
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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.
