hung1 wan6空運空运
Jyutpinghung1 wan6
Yalehūng wahn
Definition
To transport by air; air freight or air transport.
neutraltransportshopping
How it's used
Used primarily in logistics and retail to emphasize the speed and freshness of imported goods. It often carries a premium connotation, suggesting that the items are high quality because they arrived quickly by plane rather than by slower sea freight.
Examples
These seafood items were flown back here by air.
Related words
Common phrases
air-freighted to Hong Kong
freshly air-freighted
Grammar color guide
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Particle
Connector
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.
