maai6 fong1 si5 coeng4賣方市場卖方市场
Jyutpingmaai6 fong1 si5 coeng4
Yalemaaih fōng síh chèuhng
Definition
Sellers' market.
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How it's used
This term is primarily used in economic or business contexts to describe a situation where demand exceeds supply. It carries a formal tone despite being used in everyday conversation about housing or job markets. It is the direct counterpart to 買方市場, which describes a buyers' market.
Examples
The current property market is a sellers' market.
Do you think this industry is a sellers' market?
Related words
Common phrases
form a sellers' market
belongs to a sellers' 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.
