saang1 ji3生意
Jyutpingsaang1 ji3
Yalesāang yi
Definition
Business, trade, or transactions.
colloquialworkmoney
How it's used
Refers specifically to commercial activities or the act of trading, rather than general work or employment. When describing the scale or success of a venture, it is common to use the measure word 盤 to indicate a whole business entity or a specific deal. It carries a slightly more informal tone than the Mandarin-heavy 商業, making it the standard choice for everyday conversation regarding entrepreneurship or retail.
Measure word
pun4盤pùnhExamples
What business is he doing lately?
The market is bad these days, business is hard to do.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using it to mean a job or profession; for those, use 份工 instead. It is strictly for commercial trade or business dealings.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
