maai6 gaa1賣家卖家
Jyutpingmaai6 gaa1
Yalemaaih gā
Definition
Seller; the selling party in a transaction.
colloquialshoppingmoney
How it's used
Primarily used in the context of online shopping or commercial transactions to distinguish the person providing the goods from the buyer. It is a direct counterpart to 買家 and is rarely used to describe someone selling things in a casual or non-transactional setting.
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go3個goExamples
The seller's attitude is terrible, I don't want to buy it anymore.
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Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe a person who is simply selling their own personal items in a casual conversation, as it sounds overly formal or transactional. For casual situations, it is more natural to describe the action, such as 佢賣緊部電腦.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
