jip6 mou6業務业务
Jyutpingjip6 mou6
Yaleyihp mouh
Definition
Business, trade, or professional operations and affairs.
neutralwork
How it's used
Refers specifically to the professional operations or functional scope of an organization rather than casual work or personal chores. It is frequently used in formal corporate settings or when discussing the strategic expansion of a company. Unlike general terms for work, it implies a structured, systematic approach to business activities.
Examples
He is busy handling the company's business lately.
Do you know which area of business he is responsible for?
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Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe personal tasks or manual labor, as it sounds overly formal and out of place in those contexts. Stick to using it for organizational or commercial operations.
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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.
