jau5 gung1有功
Jyutpingjau5 gung1
Yaleyáuh gūng
Definition
To have made contributions or achievements.
colloquialworkpeople
How it's used
Focuses on the recognition of effort or positive impact rather than just the completion of a task. It is frequently used in contexts where someone deserves credit or a reward for their specific input to a project or situation. Unlike formal written Chinese, it often appears in spoken Cantonese to acknowledge someone's hard work in a casual but sincere way.
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Avoid using this to mean 'successful' in a general sense, as it specifically refers to the act of contributing or earning merit. It is not a direct translation for 'successful' or 'effective'.
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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.
