kei4 sou3期數期数
Jyutpingkei4 sou3
Yalekèih sou
Definition
An installment of a payment, or a designated work area within a prison.
- installments; a specific period for debt repayment
- slangone's assigned workplace inside a prison
colloquialmoneywork
How it's used
Primarily used in financial contexts to denote the number of installments for a loan or purchase. When referring to prison time, it carries a very specific, somewhat gritty connotation regarding the duration of a sentence. Note that in casual speech, people often drop the 數 and just use 期 when counting payments.
Examples
This contract is split into twelve installments for payment.
Related words
Common phrases
to pay in installments
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 期限, which refers to a deadline or a fixed time limit. Using 期數 for a deadline will sound confusing to native speakers.
Grammar color guide
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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.
