sau6 lei5受理
Jyutpingsau6 lei5
Yalesauh léih
Definition
To accept and handle a case or application.
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How it's used
Primarily used in formal or administrative contexts, such as legal, police, or bureaucratic procedures. It implies that an authority has reviewed a request or complaint and decided to proceed with an investigation or process. While it sounds formal, it is the standard term used in news reports and official communication.
Examples
Will the government accept your application?
The police have officially accepted that complaint.
Related words
Common phrases
to accept a case
to accept a complaint
to accept an application
Common mistake
Do not use this to mean simply agreeing to a request from a friend or colleague, as it carries a strong sense of official or institutional processing. Use 接受 for general acceptance.
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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.
