on3 sing4 bun2按成本
Jyutpingon3 sing4 bun2
Yaleon sìhng bún
Definition
At cost; by cost; valued or stated at cost price.
neutralmoneywork
How it's used
Primarily used in business, accounting, or retail contexts to describe pricing that excludes profit margins. It functions as an adverbial phrase indicating the basis of a transaction or valuation. While it appears in both formal reports and casual business discussions, it is rarely used in purely social settings.
Examples
Do you know if he is calculating the numbers at cost?
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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.
