paau1 sau6拋售抛售
Jyutpingpaau1 sau6
Yalepāau sauh
Definition
To sell off goods or financial assets in large quantities in a short time, driving down prices.
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How it's used
Used primarily in financial and commercial contexts, this term carries a sense of urgency and panic. It implies a strategic move to cut losses before the value drops further, rather than a standard retail transaction. The term is rarely used for personal items or casual selling between friends.
Examples
The stock market crashed, and many people rushed to dump the stocks they held.
Why do they need to dump the goods at this price level?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this for everyday selling of personal belongings, such as selling a second-hand bike or old clothes. For those situations, use 賣 or 賣走 instead.
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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.
