kwaa3 gwok3跨國跨国
Jyutpingkwaa3 gwok3
Yalekwa gwok
Definition
Multinational; involving or operating across different countries.
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How it's used
This term is almost exclusively used as a modifier before nouns to describe entities that span across multiple borders. It carries a professional and formal tone, frequently appearing in news reports or business contexts. Unlike some other adjectives, it does not typically stand alone as a predicate to describe a person or object.
Examples
This is a multinational cooperation project.
Related words
Common phrases
multinational corporation
multinational enterprise
multinational cooperation
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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.
