kau3 jap6購入购入
Jyutpingkau3 jap6
Yalekau yahp
Definition
To buy or purchase.
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How it's used
Purchasing items in a formal or business context often involves this term, which sounds significantly more professional than the everyday word 買. It is commonly found in news reports, company announcements, or official procurement documents. Using it in casual conversation about buying groceries or clothes will sound overly stiff or pretentious.
Examples
When do you plan to purchase this batch of parts?
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Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use this in casual daily life, where 買 is the natural and expected choice. It is strictly a formal verb and does not function as a noun for a purchase.
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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.
