jat6 san1日薪
Jyutpingjat6 san1
Yaleyaht sān
Definition
Daily wage or salary; pay calculated on a daily basis.
colloquialworkmoney
How it's used
Focuses specifically on short term or casual labor arrangements rather than permanent employment. It is frequently used when discussing part time gigs or temporary contracts where payment is calculated by the day instead of monthly. People often pair it with the word 散工 to emphasize the non permanent nature of the work.
Examples
The temporary job he is doing pays five hundred dollars a day.
Related words
Common phrases
daily pay of five hundred
calculated by daily pay
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe a monthly salary or a fixed annual income as it sounds unnatural and confusing. It is strictly reserved for daily rate calculations.
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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.
