mau6貿贸
Jyutpingmau6
Yalemauh
Definition
Related to trade, commerce, or business.
neutralwork
How it's used
Functions almost exclusively as a bound morpheme in compound words rather than as a standalone verb or noun in modern speech. It carries a formal, professional tone associated with international business and economic exchange. You will rarely hear it used outside of specific professional or academic contexts like international trade or commerce.
Examples
Their company mainly does trading business.
Do you know which company is doing trade?
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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.
