jau5 nei6誘餌诱饵
Jyutpingjau5 nei6
Yaleyáuh neih
Definition
Bait; a benefit or enticement used to lure someone into a trap or scam.
colloquialpeoplemoney
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the metaphorical trap set to lure victims into a scam or scheme. While it can technically refer to fishing bait, it is overwhelmingly used in modern conversation to describe the 'hook' used by fraudsters to manipulate greed or curiosity.
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They used high wages as bait to trick people into working there.
Is this bait set up by scammers?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the general word for temptation, which is 誘惑. Use 誘餌 when there is a specific, tangible lure like money or a fake job offer designed to trap someone.
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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.
