kap1 gam1吸金
Jyutpingkap1 gam1
Yalekāp gām
Definition
To earn money; to attract wealth or generate revenue.
colloquialmoneywork
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the ability to attract or generate large amounts of wealth, often used in business, entertainment, or marketing contexts. It implies a magnetic quality where money flows toward a person, project, or company rather than just the act of working for a wage. It is frequently used in media reports to describe high-earning celebrities or blockbuster films.
Examples
This movie is a huge money-maker, it broke all box office records.
He is very good at making money in business, earning a lot every year.
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Common mistake
Do not use this to describe a regular salary or small personal earnings, as it sounds hyperbolic and slightly unnatural in casual daily conversation about one's own job.
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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.
