hung4 bou2 zai2紅簿仔红簿仔
Jyutpinghung4 bou2 zai2
Yalehùhng bóu jái
Definition
A bank savings account passbook.
colloquialmoney
How it's used
Refers specifically to the physical paper passbook issued by a bank for a savings account. While digital banking is now standard in Hong Kong, the term remains deeply ingrained in daily speech as a shorthand for one's personal savings or financial status. It carries a slightly nostalgic or traditional feel compared to the more modern term 銀行戶口.
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bun2本búnExamples
Have you taken your bankbook to the bank yet?
Related words
Common phrases
to go to the bank to update the bankbook
Common mistake
Do not use this to refer to a credit card or a digital bank statement. It strictly denotes the physical booklet used for updating transaction records.
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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.
