ngoi6 zi1外資外资
Jyutpingngoi6 zi1
Yalengoih jī
Definition
Foreign capital or investment.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to investment originating from outside the local region, often used to describe corporate structures or economic trends. It functions as a shorthand for foreign-invested enterprises or the flow of international money into the local market. Unlike formal economic terms, it is frequently used in casual business discussions to contrast with local or mainland Chinese capital.
Examples
This company has a foreign capital background.
Do you think foreign capital still has an advantage in Hong Kong?
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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.
