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Jyutpinglaam4 cau4 gu2
Yalelàahm chàuh gú
Definition
Blue-chip stocks; well-established, financially sound, and highly valued public companies.
- blue-chip stock; shares in a major, reputable, and financially stable company
- constituent stocks of the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the most stable and high-value companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It is almost exclusively used in financial contexts to describe companies that are constituents of the Hang Seng Index. People often use it to imply a safe investment choice compared to more volatile small-cap stocks.
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He bought a lot of blue chip stocks to collect dividends.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with general high-performing stocks. A company must be a constituent of the Hang Seng Index to be officially considered a blue chip in the Hong Kong market.
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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.
