sau1 zaap6收集
Jyutpingsau1 zaap6
Yalesāu jaahp
Definition
To collect, gather, or amass items of a certain type, usually followed by organizing them.
neutraldaily actions
How it's used
Focuses on the systematic gathering of items or information for a specific purpose, such as research or hobbies. Unlike the more casual 執, which often implies picking things up from the ground, 收集 implies a deliberate and organized effort to accumulate things over time.
Examples
Could you help me collect the old newspapers?
They have gathered a lot of information about that case.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using it for casual picking up of objects; use 執 instead if you are just clearing items off a table or floor.
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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.
