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Definition
Income, revenue, or earnings; money earned.
neutralmoneywork
How it's used
Refers specifically to money earned through work or business, functioning as a formal noun. While it is widely understood in daily life, people often use the more colloquial phrase 搵錢 to describe the act of earning money or the general concept of income.
Measure word
bat1筆bātExamples
His monthly income is very stable.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe the act of earning money itself, as it is strictly a noun. Use the verb 搵錢 instead when talking about the process of generating income.
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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.
