jau4 kau3郵購邮购
Jyutpingjau4 kau3
Yaleyàuh kau
Definition
Mail-order; to buy goods via mail or the internet and have them delivered by mail.
colloquialshoppingdaily actions
How it's used
While historically referring to physical mail catalogs, the term has evolved to encompass online shopping where goods are delivered via courier or post. It carries a slightly old-fashioned or formal nuance compared to simply saying 網購, which is the standard term for modern e-commerce. You will mostly hear it used when describing the specific process of receiving items through the postal system rather than picking them up in person.
Examples
Have you ever tried ordering these foreign snacks by mail?
He really likes to order special stationery by mail.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
