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Definition
To buy and sell; purchasing and marketing.
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How it's used
This term is primarily used in formal business or economic contexts rather than everyday casual conversation. It functions as a compound noun referring to the commercial activity of trading goods. You will rarely hear it used as a verb in spoken Cantonese, where people would prefer to say 買賣 instead.
Examples
Their company mainly does the buying and selling of electronic products.
Related words
Common phrases
purchase and sales contract
sales and distribution channels
Common mistake
Do not use this word to describe personal shopping or casual transactions between friends. It sounds overly technical and bureaucratic, making it inappropriate for describing buying groceries or clothes.
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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.
