maan6 jau4漫遊漫游

Jyutpingmaan6 jau4

Yalemaahn yàuh

名詞Uncommon

Definition

Roaming; a mobile service allowing phone use outside the provider's coverage area, usually for an extra fee.

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How it's used

This term is almost exclusively used in the context of telecommunications and mobile data plans. While it carries a sense of wandering in literary Chinese, in modern Hong Kong Cantonese it has been completely co-opted by the tech industry to describe staying connected abroad. It is common to hear it paired with specific service types like data or voice calls.

Examples

heoi3去leoi5旅hang4行gei3記dak1得hoi1開maan6漫jau4遊aa3呀。

Remember to turn on roaming when you go traveling.

nei5你go3個maan6漫jau4遊sau1收fai3費gwai3貴m4唔gwai3貴㗎？

Is your roaming charge expensive?

Common phrases

sou3數geoi3據maan6漫jau4遊

data roaming

hoi1開maan6漫jau4遊

to turn on roaming

Common mistake

Do not confuse this with the literary sense of wandering or strolling, as using it to describe a casual walk in a park will sound very strange to native speakers. It is strictly a technical term for mobile network connectivity.